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The Sharing Shed
by Cinnie on Feb.27, 2010, under New Zealand
New Zealand contains several themed highways, each one following some specific notion or particular scenery, and are (at least as far as we know and have seen) well signposted along the highways, and even have each their own themed icon. When driving out of Auckland on our way north, we started following our first one – the Twin Coast Discovery Highway, properly iconed:
Today we continue following it, and will keep on doing so all the way up north and then back down to Auckland, as this particular one is circular – discovering, as its name suggests, the two coasts of the northernmost parts of NZ.
Northbound
by Cinnie on Feb.26, 2010, under New Zealand
This is it. We’re officially starting our road trip in New Zealand. You have no idea how excited we are about this. We said goodbye to Stankie in the morning at Pentlands and then we decided to head to Northland. This is the most Northern region in New Zealand, above Auckland Region. It’s supposed to be one of the greenest regions of New Zealand, and since green is my favorite colour..
Auckland Museum and Domain Park
by Cinnie on Feb.23, 2010, under New Zealand
After the adventure with Gramps in Piha, we realized we’d had no other choice than to bring the van to a garage. We got a name from Vinnie, the manager of our hostel, who sent us to Ashley’s Garage. We arrived at the garage in the morning and talked to Ashley who tried to apply a quick fix for the car, which unfortunately didn’t work out. Afterwards, he sent us to a specialized garage, since he figured it had something to do with the carburetor.
