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DAY 74. Finally Caught Myself a Few NZ Fish

Sun, 8 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [171]

We woke up early and got ready to go fishing. We raced down to the harbor to meet the friend I made back in Auckland, Eddie, and somehow we beat him and the others down there. It was really sunny and warm out but quite windy. We all loaded up on the ... Read more >

DAY 73. Biking Again

Sat, 7 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [213]

We woke up early and headed to the bike shop to pick up our mountain bikes that we booked online the night before. We got situated and then headed towards the mountain bike park. It was quite a long distance to it, we rode along the river on a paved ... Read more >

DAY 72. La La Land

Fri, 6 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [192]

We woke up early and left our parking spot after not getting much sleep. Michealla drove towards Nelson while Cassela slept and I slept some. Once there, we found a holiday park and went to the kitchen to make breakfast. After, we drove towards the beach ... Read more >

DAY 71. Rockin' The Boat

Thu, 5 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [261]

I slept in, which I was happy about and was able to shower in a real bathroom at the Air B&B. We left and headed for a nearby mall. Next to it was a bagel shop where we each got coffee and breakfast. Now that our day was started, we went into the ... Read more >

DAY 70. All The Way To Welly

Wed, 4 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [273]

We packed up camp and headed into town so I could drop them off at the aquarium. I had already been to it and so I walked around the city center instead. It was a pretty sunny day in Napier. At one of the shops, a lady ran off with a dress without paying ... Read more >

DAY 69. Girls & Their Wine

Tue, 3 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [262]

We slept in a bit because it was raining and I don't think any of us wanted to get up for a day of bad weather. We did so eventually and actually ran into the couple we had met yesterday at breakfast, the ones that had the little debacle with the Argentinians.... Read more >

DAY 68. More Playground Shenanigans

Mon, 2 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [270]

While making breakfast, Michealla and I started talking to an older couple who ended up being the people who owned the cooler and chairs from last nights story. They started to tell us how these Argentinians ate their food and how funny it all was but ... Read more >

DAY 67. Stolen Cheese

Sun, 1 Jan 2017 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [235]

I woke up and looked over in Michealla's and Cassela's tent and sighed when I saw the little escape artist sleeping soundly. I went off to make eggs and bacon and as I was eating, Cassela came in and told me about her New Years adventures. Apparently ... Read more >

DAY 66. R☀️V

Sat, 31 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [219]

We woke up early and Cassela and I went to shower. The queue for the girls bathroom was far too long so we both snuck into the men's, where there wasn't a single guy. We showered and scurried out and of course there was a line by the time I was done ... Read more >

DAY 65. New Years Eve Prepping

Fri, 30 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [195]

We had a quick breakfast before heading off to do some shopping. We made our way into the city center area where a lot of people were out and about. We heard on the radio that 14,000 festival goers went to Rhythm and Vines the night before. We also found ... Read more >

DAY 64. Rotorua Just Won't Let Us Go

Thu, 29 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [200]

We slept in a bit and when we got up, everyone else had left the house. After we cleaned up a bit, I showered and organized some of my stuff. The girls passed out while I messed around with my GoPro and took care of some things. Once they woke up, we ... Read more >

DAY 63. Rafting Woohoo!

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [231]

We got up early and packed up camp. Cassela misplaced her GoPro cord so we went to buy another one so we could film our upcoming adventure. We didn't have to be at the rafting base until 11:45 so we took our time driving there, which was a little ways ... Read more >

DAY 62. Getting Air

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [182]

We left the holiday park around 11 and headed for the Te Puia geothermal park. It was overcast but still quite warm out. We got our tickets and headed for the entrance. We went to the kiwi exhibit first where we saw a single kiwi in its dark and quiet ... Read more >

DAY 61. Breaking and Entering

Mon, 26 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [154]

We left the park after making breakfast and taking our camp down. We went back downtown to the shops and bought a few things. It was Boxing Day so most shops were having big sales and this day was kind of like NZ's Black Friday. The streets were busy ... Read more >

DAY 60. Christmas Cookies & Kids

Sun, 25 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [226]

We woke up to Michael, the kid's dad from yesterday walking by our tents saying Merry Christmas and since our tents were near an entrance to go to the kitchen, he said it more than once. It kind of turned into a joke, whenever we saw each other later, ... Read more >

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