North Island road trip-1st leg!

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The normality that New Zealand provided after 2 months in South America was very much welcomed! We decided to hire a car to make our way round and after so many long bus journeys it was nice to have our own freedom! We made our way down the east coast between Auckland and Wellington, stopping off at some beautiful towns along the way!

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Photos

Coromandel Penisula
This was the first day of our North Island road trip, the scenery was spectacular the whole way!

Picnic lunch on the top of Mt Maunganui.
You wouldn't think it was the middle of winter!

The Hot Springs, Rotorua
New Zealand has lots of volcanic activity and as a result of this the whole of Rotorua smells of rotten eggs!

Partying with Emma and Jenny in Rotorua
It was great to be staying with them in a proper house after so long in hostels!

The party never ends!
Dancing to "Set you free" by N-trance!

North Island Road Trip
Hands should be in ten to two position!

We will go tramping in any weather!
That weekend had seen some of the worst flooding in New Zealand but come Monday we were out walking again!

Was the waterfall really worth the walk?
No but sure it got us out of the hostel!

One of the many Art Deco building's in Napier
Napier was completely destroyed in an earthquake in the 30's and was rebiult in the style of the time - Art Deco. It is a beautiful town.

Roisin taking the smell test at Church Road winery!
Luckily they didn't make us spit it out and we actually ended up a little bit tipsy!

Roisin in the Botanic Gardens in Wellington
The gardens were lovely and luckily we had a nice sunny afternoon to walk through them!

Lesa's new man!
Sorry Glenn, but who could resist those eyes?

The 'Beehive' - Parliment building in Wellington
For some reason they are very proud of it, we didn't like it!! But what do we know about architecture!!

At the entrance to the Lord of the Rings exhibit.
It was in the Te Papa museum and was amazing, we spent a couple of hours looking round! So much work went into the fimls.

Saturday night out in Wellington
Oh we did laugh our socks off that night!

Comments

[Oonagh]

North Island
Glad to see you're taking it all ssssssoooooo seriously!!