I just finished living and working at Fruit vans for 3 weeks and are about to head on to another WWOOFing site. Living with 20+ people in one house has been an interesting experience to say the least. It is always loud and hectic but there is always someone to talk to and things to do. We've been living in Waitakere, a suburb of Auckland, and the Waitakere mountain ranges are only minutes away. I've been on some beautiful hikes in the area and took a camping trip to Piha, a world renowned surfing spot. It was too cold to swim but we went on some amazing hikes overlooking the west coast beaches.
We've made many international friends such as Gaspard, a Frenchman who is going to travel with us. We left yesterday for a 7-10 day road trip up to the Northland and then we will slowly make our way down to Wellington for Halloween. Yesterday we arrived in Waipu, a small town on the east coast of the Northland. We intended to go and see the glow-worm caves in Waipu but took the wrong route and went on a night hike for over an hour. We finally found the right place and the glow-worms were an amazing sight. There were thousands lining the ceiling of the caves and it looked like I was viewing a city from an airplane. Today we headed up the coast and are currently in Paihia in the Bay of Islands. We're going to explore this area and camp around here. Tomorrow is the World's largest Yachting competition so we're going to check it out as well as a food and wine festival.
After our roadtrip we are going to head back up the country to Hamilton, a small city two hours south of Auckland. Our next WWOOFing site is called "Gorilla Huts" and is another spot with 20+ people living in one house. I find myself in the traveler's mindset as I want to move locations every 2-3 weeks. Our car has been great to us so far and I'm excited to take it around the country. I haven't been blogging lately but will try and write more when I can. Also more pics to come!