The weather was not perfect today but it did not snow. New day and back to cycling. Well rested after two three nights in a proper bed it is time to push the legs again. All packed up I left for the 9:05 Days Bay ferry to get to Wellington harbour where the much bigger…
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Wellington
Old friends, new milestones. Route 2,908,579 – powered by www.bikemap.net I spent the night in a wonderful place, so untouched by moderndom that I had no mobile signal at all, let alone WiFi connection. For this reasons my posts have backed up a bit and I am writing today a two days post recaling…
Paekakariki and then up
What a blast before I hit the wall. I did not really know what to do this morning, I woke up at 6:30 and read a bit, it was way too early to get going and the sleeping bag was cosy. I eventually resolved to get up round about 7:30 as the council workers decided…
Some very remark-a-bull places indeed
And out of nowhere I was entertained for a whole hour. Where to start? Perhaps the beginning. I got up earlier than I expected and I saw off Rei and Yael. David, my wonderful couch surfing host, took them to the airport. I did all the preparation, had the two eggs the chickens round the…
The kindness of strangers
And then I met a whole lot of great people A longish day but one full of satisfactions, mostly coming not from the cycling. I left pretty early and the YMCA was fairly comfortable in that having a shower in the evening and a wash in the morning makes a hell of a difference to a…
Stepping up a gear
At the bottom of the pannier I found an unused set of legs. Route 2,905,577 – powered by www.bikemap.net Eary wake up this morning. Last night change of plan costed me a deficit of 6 miles not done and 2 added as the DOC site was off route. this meant that the punishing schedule for…
Into the Park
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…
Rotorua Pt. 2
Lazy day and crazy shopping. It was a wise idea to stop in Rotorua for two nights, this morning I woke up and my legs felt already much better. I guess I have had enough time to forget how hard it was starting the other time round, and then I probably had much more “first…
Rotorua Pt. 1
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…