After 3 weeks traveling around the South Island, we were looking forward to a week of mostly staying put in one place on the North Island. We fly into Auckland, picked up a rental car and first headed to Rotorua, a cultural centre of the Maori people and a town known for its thermal mud pools and geysers. In …
New Zealand – Part 1
Since I was off on maternity leave, it seemed like a good opportunity to go away for a longer trip. We had visited Australia in 2005, but really wanted to visit New Zealand. We managed to get away for a month in March and spent 3 weeks traveling around the South Island via RV and 1 week on the North …