Back on our journey.............

Dear all

Despite the setback of the last 48 hours with a load of driving toady we would be back on track and down in Wellington by the end of the day.  So we had to crack on, as although there are only about 4 million people in NZ the roads are no better than a B road in the UK so travelling the 450km we had to cover today was going to  take a while, but with the scenery around us it was a pleasant pain. Before long we were back near Wakapapa and past Horopito where we had been rescued to just two days earlier further down the track we stopped at Ohakune , the carrot capital of NZ! This place is the largest producer of those little carotene packed suckers in the summer, but in winter turns into a chic ski resort.  The journey back down to Wellington was pretty uneventful apart from a discernible increase in the wind and we landed at Rowena’s backpackers in enough time to get down to The Cambridge pub nearby for a few reviver's before bed.

Nite all