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Auckland, New Zealand
we should have done some research on New Zealand, we assumed it was going to be warm. we got off the plane in shorts and t-shirt to discover it was the end of winter in New Zeamd and bloody freezing. we wondered why everyone on the plane from fiji was in jeans and jumper and looking at us weird.
We hired ourselves a mercedes sprinter campervan from Backpackers (cost a fortune) but it was worth it. we had everything we needed - fridge, cooker, toilet, shower, an...