So after retracing our steps back south to Wellington to meet up with Andy, we had some confusion over one way streets and parking options but managed to persuade the valet drivers that they really should valet park our van for us. This led to some measuring and minor confusion as it wouldn't fit in their car park and so it would have to be parked in the premier spot out side the Intercontinental Hotel in the centre of Wellington! As Andy had very kindly organised for us to stay in the hotel too, it seemed only right we take advantage of this, we were sure our prime spot would do Piwiwiwi Camper-vans some good advertising.
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After catching up with Andy and exploring our new room for the next few day we were about to head out to look for food when Andy pulled a bottle of Bowmore out of his bag! LEGEND! We headed down to the waterfront to check out the bars and get a bite to eat and spied a place to hire kayaks which promoted scheming for the next couple of days. After an amazing and very swish dinner and we went to explore Courtney Place. The next morning we set off in our hired kayaks (as per usual a slight exaggeration of our paddling experience got us better boats) to explore the harbour. The highlight being the oversized fountain in the middle of the harbour. We couldn't have been luckier with the weather glassy calm water reflecting the skyline and wall to wall blue sky and not a breath of wind made the entire adventure all the more stunning. Coming ashore we were excited to see what else Wellington had to offer and to make the most of our time, but after consulting the eyesore staff it seemed we had to go out and make our own fun. So with the tourist office best offer being a seal and windfarm tour...We headed off up the hill behind the city and on our return to the hotel a quick sauna and swim was in order before a quick bite to eat and then out for dance production called Beautiful Burn Out which had a pretty hard hitting story line with absolutely amazing dance choreography. The next morning we headed out of town to hire some bikes and hit up some trails. After a long technical climb to the summit we raced back down tight twisting tracks with big banking corners and jumps. I've not had that much fun on a bike since I was 8 years old and learning to do no handers and wheelies!!!!
