http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/Whangamata/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , North Island , Coromandel , Whangamata en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:19:32 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:19:32 UTC Free to do what we want at any old time. With a brand new van as replacement for the last leaky one and up graded to a bigger version that thankfully did not smell of Stuarts wetsuits we started on our travels. Our plan was to travel up the Coromandel peninsula an area that we had heard had unrivalled beauty and to perhaps catch some fo the beautiful beaches that settled into the northern par http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/Whangamata/blog-349127.html A kiwi is a local New Zealander. They call each other and themselves kiwis and it's not in an insulting way either.Jack says his hand is a little sore but only when I jab the wound. Makes sense. No signs of tetanus. He should be covered by that last immunization so I think we have all forgotten about it.Today is Wednesday our day off so we drove up north into the Coromandel Peninsula to see http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/Whangamata/blog-294253.html Hi everyoneSorry for the delay in writing this long overdue blog What can I say I've been having too good a time to sit down long enough to put fingers to keys Well I can't believe I've been away for 2 12 months already and the impending truth of only a short time left in New ZealandLets see my last entry ended with me arriving in Ngaio Bay. An absolutely stunning place. Being able to http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/Whangamata/blog-273391.html Siguen las vacaciones dentro de las vacaciones pero no queria hartarlos de fotos de entrada... por eso van en tandas. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/Whangamata/blog-235039.html We wake to a frosty welcome by the receptionist in the hotel. We have over slept itrsquos 10.15 and they want us out in 30mins We are both a bit grumpy and tired and we drag ourselves out to get a taxi to go and pick up the Camper Van. An hour later we arrived at Backpacker Camper Vans just near the airport where we pick up a rather old and tatty campervan. Itrsquos basically a converted M http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Coromandel/Whangamata/blog-159615.html