As we were arriving into Auckland on the Plane, the sun was rising up over New Zealand on my 26th Birthday. We were grateful just to be in NZ after having problems at HK airport with our visas, which thankfully we sorted out. Arrived into Auckland and found a hostel by picking one from a map at the airport. Arrived at Albert Park Backpackers and got ourselves our Dorm. Met lots of really friendly people and ended up doing karaoke for my birthday. After managing to sort out camping gear, we bought our first campervan named ROCKY. Old, but still a fighter. Rocky is a 1990 Toyota Townace classic, with white doors, one grey one, and blue electrolux stickers on it. We then headed for Bay of Islands and the Northland. The drive there was stunning
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