Suzanne here... So, we've sadly left the South Island behind, and it's time to explore the North Island. We'd been camping for 28 nights straight in the south, and by rights should have been ready for a motel room. To be honest though, we'd have been quite happy to continue our run in the north. However, Wellington doesn't have any particularly convenient campsites, so we decided to get a motel. Wellington felt like a capital city, the people were all better dressed for one thing (making me feel rather scruffy but hey). It was a Saturday night so we hit the town, mainly on Little Cuba Street. There was more of a buzz than in the smaller towns, but a lot of this was focussed on restaurants rather than bars and clubs. So, we had a
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