Wednesday 18th June, No more space!

Space has gone. We gave our beloved van back in Auckland, it was a v.v.sad. Anyway its gone. So now we are in Auckland. Before getting to Auckland we visited a couple of other places in the van. First stop it was Waitomo to do the legendary black water rafting. This involves, abseiling 37m into a deep dark hole, traipsing around in the dark for a bit, then zipping down a wire in the dark, then the best bit standing on a ledge with a rubber ring and jumping off the ledge making sure that you land with your bum in the rubber ring. We then travelled around in the water for a bit and climbed a few waterfalls before surfacing out of a poky little hole. I enjoyed it immensely. So after our little adventure we decided to watch the England v All blacks match in the pub, this was a little embarrassing as they totally trashed us and all the kiwis in the pub were taking the mick. We tried to get tickets for the next match in Christchurch but we decided it was a bit far considering we're in Auckland (Its a totally different island). So after Waitomo we went to Raglan, the place to surf whilst in NZ, unfortunately for us the weather was gross and surfing was not an option. So that's about it, we went to Auckland after that but not without a minor incident of getting a flat battery and having to wave down a passerby in the middle of nowhere so that we could call escape to come rescue us, oops. And before you all say it, I did not leave the lights on in the van.