Heading North...

I just returned from a week-long road trip through Northland, the top of the north island.
Before we left Auckland, Katie and I met Felix, a 19-year-old German artist who is traveling through the country staying with other artists, and the three of us decided to hitchhike north until we got to Whangarie—the biggest city in Northland—then rent a car to visit the more remote locations.
Our trip was wonderful and I will add more posts soon, but right now I’m paying for the internet and I can’t be chatty.
The best part of our trip were the people we accumulated. Our party of three became five in Whangarie when we met two other travels, Sandra, a 21-year-old German girl, and Daniel, a 24-year-old Californian boy, who like us were hanging out in the public library waiting for the rain to pass. The five of us rented a car and traveled about 300 km north to the “topest of the top” as Sandra would say of Northland, also known Cape Reigna. There we met Cat and Katie, both from Ontario, Canada, who joined us for the rest of our journey.
During the week we slept on beaches, under stars, in a stranger’s home, in a public park, coped without showering for the week, ate bread by the bagful and shared our dreams, hopes, secrets, and histories.
I’m out of time…but I will post more soon!