We arrived in Auckland looking forward for our adventure! We explored the city, went crazy with the Weta experience and discovered how good sushi and pies are in New Zealand.
We visited the lantern festival for the lunar new year, it was really cool, with fireworks included and a lot of chinese food. We also walked a lot of nature reserves in Auckland, where we started discovering new birds (we loved the Tūī’s song) trees and plants.
While looking for buying our van we soon wanted to leave Auckland to explore the country, but we had to wait until Kōruru -that’s our van!- arrived. We saw a few vans in the car fair on Sundays and looking on Facebook until we finally found a nice grey Toyota Hiace LWB and High Roof model from 1998 - as old as Alix.
We had a list of requirements for the van that we totally dumped. We went for the one we loved and the one in the budget :D no shower, not too much water, only portable solar panel, petrol and old, but it’s our van and we love it - we will upgrade a few things!
Next stop Northlands.
So many tools
I might be a sculptor
Ponsonby pride
Auckland typical food
Cool music shop
The Records
The oystercatcher
Interesting tree trunk
Finding the way
Bee
Manuka
Small jungle
We did the lantern festival
Lanterns
Fireworks
In the jungle
Should I eat you?
20260220_Auckland Newmarket to Orakei
20260220_Waiheke Island Walk
20260228_Manurewa to Manukau through Auckland Botanical Garden and Forest
20260305_Eskdale and Kauri Glen