It was FREEZING last night. Probably because we were close to the sea. I even woke up and put the heating on at one point - perhaps we'll invest in some sleeping bags.
As we'd arrived at the campsite when it was dark last night, we didn't know what to expect when we opened the curtains this morning...
Wow! We were overlooking the sea, in amongst some tree covered mountains, with sunlight flooding the camper. This was perfect! We got ourselves ready and headed out on foot to have a look around.
Our campsite was right next to the Waiwera Thermal Spa Resort, which has loads of different pools, all ranging in temperature from 28-48° and we got a discount because we were guests on the site. We felt a bit mental, walking around in our shorts at 10am - but completely forgot about the cold when we jumped into one pool that was 33°. We tried out all the pools and even went on a water-slide (which was FREEZING).
After a few hours of relaxing, (a few hours, we've been relaxing for 8 weeks now), we headed back to the van. We made ourselves a sausage sarnie for lunch, packed up our things and hit the road.
Waiwera isn't far from Auckland, and we were passing through anyway, so we thought we'd pop in and see Susi and Dale and show our van to Lloyd. Nikki gave Dale a ring and said we were on our way. We stopped to have a look around some small towns on the way, including Whangaparaoa where we did some food shopping before trying to find their house.
We've decided that tomorrow we're going to go to Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World in Auckland and so had to look for somewhere local to stay. When Susi and Dale said we were more than welcome to stay at their house we said we didn't want to impose, but when Susi said she was making a prawn satay for tea - we were sold. So, we got our things from the camper and spent another night in the comfy bed.
On the road again... tomorrow!
1 comment:
hello benjamin and nikki lovely to read your news still eating well i see !! we are all well here steve is in kos on holiday and mike is in tesco working so its just me and trev for a change.trev is teaching me how to use the computor so i should not have any excuse to write to you again.only problem is ill have to learn english not bristolian.this is clever innit?
lot of love auntie christine xxxx
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