Rolling with the tide, I thought I would be sleeping in a park I ended up in a different one. Lazy start this morning, probably prompted by a feel of safety given by the extremely nice campsite. The availability of Wifi also delayed proceedings further as there is always a good reason to check the…

The day after the two days before. How fickle can memory be that I did not remember how I suffered with my legs when I started in October and how better I felt any time I took a rest and recuperated. Starting this morning was splendid, the legs did not hurt and I was wise…

New day new challenges. I did not really know what to do today, When I woke up my legs were as good as when went to bed. My original thought was to repeat yesterday’s approach, come down to Rotorua, have a nice internet brunch and then speed up in Taupo’s direction. This proved to be…

I am knackered, what a day. Woke up a few times during the night but on the whole I’m getting the hang of tent living, I still think I have too many things with me that I do not use, but I guess this is a problem for the next trip. Got up quite early…

Day one went pretty much to plan other than it started raining as soon as I got into bed, it was not hard rain and it lasted only for an hour or so but it was sufficient to remind me that my raincloud is always with me, no matter the season, no matter the continent….

And here we go. Sorry for the silence but i was extremely busy on three fronts. First I had to get over the jet lag, for the first time in my life I had a strange case of swelling feet, I wonder what other lovely surprises raging will bring. Second I had to completely get…