• Whitianga

    Suzeys Views: Picked up rental car, not a bad car, one slight difference to a car that we are use to – the hand brake is activated by foot, and it just happens that the seat raiser is where a normal hand brake lever would be.  Yes, what your thinking is exactly what happened. Nearly put my head through the roof of the car,  I kept trying to put the handbrake on, all that happened was my seat kept raising, and the car kept creeping backwards. A few days into our driving around the beautiful countryside of New Zealand: still having trouble with handbrake, though i am getting better as…

  • Early Daze

    SARAHS VIEW: So, today was pretty farkin funny – well *I* think it was anyways!!! The morning began innocently enough.  Woke up without an alarm, a phone ringing, or nagging animals. (bonus!!!) Coffee, then got the hotel shuttle bus to the airport to go pick up our hire car.   Then off to “Countdown”, which as it turns out, is actually our version of Woolies, including the very same shop logo. Well here is when OUR entertainment began.   Aisle 2 (see photo) had – I kid you not – Health Foods, Cereal, and…BOOZE!!!! Ok, even tho it was waaaaay before lunch – we were pretty excited!!! Into the trolley (our…