It was another early morning this morning to check into the ferry by 5:30am! Once on board, stead of head out of the campervan and up to the deck for passengers I just climbed back into bed and stayed there for the 3 hour ride. We arrived in Wellington, did a quick loop around the city and then head straight for Napier in Hawke’s Bay. As some guy on the ferry recommended, we drop up 2 to the east coast, stopping at this little cafe on the way. It has some pretty delicious pastry items that were our breakfast/lunch. We arrived in Bay View, just north of Napier where we are staying the night a a holiday park. We rented some bikes for the rest of the day and cycled into Napier on a nice flat route along the coast, checking out a restaurant we’d booked for dinner and some of the city center along the way. We ate at Provodore, recommended in the travel book, and it was pretty yummy! My favorite part was a tapas starter, deep fried goat cheese balls with chopped almonds and honey! I wanted to get some more for dessert they were so delicious! We cycled back against the wind and I packed up my things to move out of the campervan while Mom went to get some more beach photos and tried to get the sunset behind the mountains. Mom and Dad plan on getting up for the sunrise in the morning, since it will be right over the water. I think I’ll be content to just see the photos. Sunsets are more my thing, and at a more reasonable hour of the day! Last day of the campervan adventure tomorrow, headed back to Auckland to drop it off, with possible stop-offs at Taupo and Rotorua on the way.
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| Ferry crossing back to the North Island |
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| my friend on my bike ride to Napier, just a little baby and he hung on for so long! |
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| Napier-view across from our restaurant |
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| The Provodore, which we couldn't find cause it had no sign! |
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| Hawke's Bay |
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| Hawke's Bay sunset..sunrise was better...but that's for tomorrow's post! |
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