Day 5 of the New Zealand Adventure!

Greetings from the wild roads of New Zealand! After 1, 100 km on the road, we are finally in Rotorua, the adventure capital of New Zealand! Starting in Auckland, we set out on to the wild, curvy roads of the Kiwis with an eager (almost too eager) plan to conquer most of the North Island before September 24th when we have to board a ferry to the South Island. Auckland was quick and fun, where we had an interesting night at a stripper bar (NOTE: not strip club, bar that only and strippers went to) that was suprisingly very tame. Downtown Auckland is not the best place to park a campervan, in case you are wondering for future reference. Moving on up to the Bay of Islands, we endured many hours of lambs, grass, hills, beaches, lambs, cows, grass, cows, breathtaking vistas, more cows, more lambs, more grass and made it all the way north to the Bay of Islands. Yesterday, we took off to the world famous surf spot of Raglan (9hour drive, ouch) and spent the night there under the beautiful Milky Way Galaxy. I woke up to (my birthday!!!) a soccer tournament next to our campervan and went on a wonderful run and yoga session and discovered a concrete bathroom half under sand covered in art and inspirational quotes on my run! A few more hours in the car and we are now in Rotorua, ready to do some Zorbing (google it) and whatever other crazy adventures this town shows us for the next night or two. Sorry the post is short, but I am minimizing my time on the Internet, because I am quite fine without the comforts of home. Here is a pic or two get you by! LOVE AND PEACE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD! TAYLOR (IM 23, yippppppppppppppppie!)