The Grass Desert of New Zealand
This last week saw me, Fabrice and Bryan over 3 days, drive down from Whangateau in Northland to Wellington via Taupo, the Desert Road and Palmerston North and then back again via Whanganui, National Park and Te Kuiti-a total of 1869 kms. We stayed overnight in two holiday Parks on this trip, the best being the park at Paekakariki where it was $75 for a small cabin, more like a motel room and where I was able to cook dinner for the three of us and sleep on a great bed. The reason for the quick trip to Wellington was for Fabrice to meet with the French attache in the French Embassy to sort out his passport so we can apply for new immigration visas by the next new moon. Wellington was the same as ever-I still think it is one of New Zealand's nicest cities even with the wind tunnels of the inner city streets-inner city parking is always tricky but the place has good public transport, a great South Indian restaurant and nice energy for a city-something in my mind to do with its siz