Hahei

Today the adventure begins. I’ve just sold my soul to a guy called Noddy. Noddy, not his real name, is our bus driver. His job, bless his soul, is to take us on the adventure of a lifetime, covering the length and breadth of New Zealand in a bright orange bus.

This job seemed to be largely focused on providing us with (sometimes inaccurate) running commentary every day, while encouraging us to horribly embarrass ourselves every evening.

Our first day was spent in Hahei where we did a relaxing Kayaking trip from cove to cove, with delicious hot chocolate on the beach.

To start us off, here is Noddy’s first “fact” of the day:

Each house in Auckland has about ¼ acre. When the western world invaded New Zealand, they decided to start a completely new life for themselves and divided the land equally among all its inhabitants. With still only a population of 4 million on a land mass greater than that of the United Kingdom, Kiwis (NZ inhabitants) are by no means badly off.