Tag: Gramps
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..
Interlude
by Tsemer on Feb.24, 2010, under New Zealand
So.. we had to wait for a call from Mark from the garage to see if Gramps was okay. We decided to spend our time in the library until he would call, so that we could answer some mails and write on the blog. Apparently, Auckland has 17 libraries (!) and we were walking distance from the Central City Library. Little did we know that using the internet at that library is somewhat similar to slowly walking barefoot on a pool of burning coals – ridiculously slow and agonizing. We literally only managed to click about 3 times per half an hour, and we walked away rather frustrated and unaccomplished. Travelers – do avoid the internet in that library. We learned later on that smaller towns yield MUCH better results.
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.
