L'an vert du kiwi

A beach again ! Even under the rain. Anyway, there wasn't a lot of others things to do. Towns in NZ seems dead in the week end. All shops and places closed on week ends. So time to visit the beach that was voted on the list of the " 20 best beaches on...

Une journee bien remplie a rouler, pas d'arrets digne d'interet. arrivee tard dans un campign, sur une plage un peu decevante, ou est passee l'eau turquoise ? Mais ne ralons pas ... la piscine est une source thermale, quel bonheur de se plonger, dans...

And it's time to leave Northland and Adrienne, our first Wwoofing is almost waiting for us in the Coromandel region. Before leaving Northland, a small stop at Kawakawa, little village well know for ... it's public toilets ! Which were made by the famous...

Cette fois ci par nous meme, nous voila dans la Bay of Islands, qui, comme vous pouvez le deviner, est une baie avec plein de petites iles, et, of course, plein de plages ! Premier arret a Kerikeri, pour voir la Stone Store, plus vieille maison en pierre...

Here we are, in Kaikohe, a beautiful town, at Adrienne's place. Postcrossers may know her as Adriennegarry. She was so nice to welcome us for a few days in their great house. She even took a day off work with her husband Garry to show us around. And they...

Apres Auckland, grand depart vers le nord, dans la region du Northland, et plus precisement vers Kaikohe, ou nous somme tres gentiment acceuillis par un couple tres gentils de kiwis. Nous y resterons quelques jours, et feront de nombreuses explorations...

Pictures takes so long to charge to the blog, that's why we're not putting as much as we want to. You can see many more here : http://picasaweb.google.fr/octabis Les photos mettent beaucoup trop de temps a charger sur le blog, il faut dire que la connexion...

Hein qu'il est beau notre van a fleurs ! Ancient van de plombier, encore visible sous la peinture verte, et "property maintenance" encore partiellement visible a l'arriere. On veut juste changer les 2 meubles pourris, qui en plus ne tiennent pas a l'avant....

Le voila ! Here it is ! Time to go to sleep, more infos later !

The first days in Auckland where not that funny, mostly paperstuffs, like opening a bank account, getting a phone number, tax number, ... But we did took a day to visit Rangitoto, a lovely volcanic island in the Auckland bay. 30 minutes ferry trip and...