Around The World In 80 Waves

I enjoy a slow start today but spend a great morning with Sarah, who is desperate to show me the lovely view from their house in Auckland. Unfortunately the weather gods are not being kind and the rain was lashing down relentlessly, so much so that we could barely see the other side of the valley at one stage.

After a bit of shopping and securing the latest in a long line of foreign SIM cards to keep me online during my time in New Zealand, we head over to the offices of Apollo Camper-vans, where with the help of one of my surfing buddies back in the UK I have secured a great deal on a set of wheels to tour in. (Thanks Debs. x)

I’m not the smallest bloke in the world so I had told them when booking I did not want a vehicle that I would be banging around in. This has clearly been taken to heart because look at the monster van they handed over.

Sarah and I are in stitches, but managed to get this picture of what I christened ‘The Beast’ in one break in the rain before I headed south.