NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND
By now, we landed in New Zealand. Already from the airplane, this country is so beautiful with the rich green mountains, the endless white beaches and the turquoise water.
I am looking forward to some months in beautiful nature in our old hippie love van, which we rented from http://www.kiwikombis.com. What a jewel!!!
Home sweet Home
But life as a hippie is not always easy. Especially, if you have besides the basic clothes and food 2 boogieboards, 2 kites, 1 kiteboard, 4 sleepingbags, 6 wetsuites (long / short) and 2 surfboards. Ahh , not to forget the 2 kids and the 2 adults….You think this would not fit in our van? “All easy”, says Gerry and starts piling up the toys and kids.
Our first stop is in Orewa, 20 miles North of Auckland, directly at one of the best kiting beaches of the North island.
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On our spot, the packing movie rewinds and we build two cosy double beds.
Especially the nights in a hippie van are known to be romantic and hippie. It is slightly different, when the kids are hungry in the middle of the night and you try to reach the food box which is well stored somewhere, where you only can access is if you rebuild the beds….
The next morning, we touch base with the kite community. First stop is the kite shop of Perrin , www.kiteworks.co.nz, who gets our ripped kite back into one piece within 2 hours. He also gives us a 30 minutes introduction into the best kite spots on the North Islands. We are ready to go North.
Being in a hippie van means also, that you get friendly smiles and “shakkas” from people you have never met before. It somehow tunes the kids into a hippie mood. They love dancing naked in the van to some 60s music. or on top of the world.
Dancing on top of the world
The van is paradise for them. They love to sleep on their high bed, to eat in our cosy corner and to cruise around….
BREAKFAST IN OUR DINING ROOM
I have to face another challenge, because there is sometimes the desire to go to a toilet. If you are in nature far away from people, all is cool and easy. We make a quick analysis of the wind direction, look for the right leafs and all is good.
If we are close to civilisation, I have to face some very unromantic truth of our hippie van life: public toilets….
So far toilets in marinas and toilets for disabled persons rank on the “cleaner end”.
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