Climbing Mt Maunganui summit, walking Harbour Drive and a few city pictures.

With all the banana poke gone and the next Whakatane Sunday market not in reach, we leave :D Next Stop – Tauranga!

My favorite town in the Bay, not as small and rusty as Opotiki, not as big and crowded as Tauranga. Just right, with prominent landmarks…

Left the East Cape behind for sunny Bay of Plenty (the sunshine has yet to evolve but we’re slightly optimistic) :D The historic Christ Church…

Staying a second night at the Lottin Point Motel in the Eastcape northshore. Nestled in Manuka and on top of a steep sea cliff, this…

Who did the rain dance?!? The steady drizzle seems to have settled in comfortably. Well, it also gives the landscape a mystical touch, I like…

Another rainy start, we hit the pedal and fly to Napier, where, drizzle or not, we go mural hunting. First encounter with the most significant…

Since the weather is very wet and windy, we leave Wellington and decide to go not only to Palmerston but Hastings in one day.

After a while at home with not much going on but chores we took off for another roadtrip holiday (the first without our daughters, who…