On Sunday 19th May, we stepped off the plane into Auckland and from the word 'go', we quite literally found New Zealand to be an invigorating breath of fresh air. General living temperatures had dropped considerably for us and while everyone else voiced how sorry they were about this fact with faces of false concern and the ever-patronising "Ahhhhh, never mind", after five months of heat and flesh exposure, we welcomed a bite of fresh air to our cheeks and a few more layers of clothing. What was most exciting for us all at this point was the prospect of transportation and while we had considered the 'Kiwi Experience', we decided to go with the masses, hire ourselves a campervan and make this final three weeks entirely our own, flitting from mountain to glacier as and
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