Bye Bye Auckland! We do think you are a beautiful city .... but we really hate your TRAFFIC!
We finally managed to extract ourselves from the jarring rat-race of big city living on 16 November and left the big smoke of Auckland to travel down to the Hawkes Bay region.
When we left to continue our journey down south we were not entirely sure where our overnight stop would be, so we went to Matamata and said to ourselves "Nope too short, let's carry on to Taupo"; got to Taupo, "Nope, don't feel like stopping here, let's just carry on to Napier"; So after a 7-hour journey, we arrived in Napier. This has been our longest pull with the caravan, but we had such a pleasant drive and thoroughly enjoyed the drive.
And so onto our next adventure .... going off the grid or dry camping as many of our overseas friends would say - no power, no water hookup, most times no waste dump station, no amenities. But modern technology has a lot to offer us folks living on the road which means we can unplug from power and the normal facilities that expensive caravan parks offer and become more self-sufficient using our solar power, onboard water tanks, onboard facilities and wireless internet services.
We were really excited about this way of living as we had been on power for our first 6 and half months and this would be our first experience of off the grid road life.
And so we landed up a park called Erikson Road in Napier with no power and facilities for 2 weeks.
But the experience was not without some challenges .... as we found out .... 👉👉
Check out our post - Let's Go off the Grid
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