To Auckland

We were up at 6.50am as we were leaving Mt. Maunganui this morning. We were returning the campavan as its time was up. It wasn’t raining but it was gloomy and it had rained heavily during the night. We had enjoyed our time at the Mount but it was time to move on.

We said goodbye to Stu and set off. We were soon through Turanga and along Highway 2. By 12.30am we had arrived at RV Motor Home, disposed of the campavan.

The campava was a Toyota Hi Ace YM6649. It was approximately 6 years old. It never once gave us any trouble. Altogether our total distance driven was 4190 miles (6742 Kilometres). That was covering the North Island and South Island. The total amount in petrol came to £431.00. That works out 9.7 miles to the £. I am not sure if this is right, I will check my figures?! ….. So I travelled 6742 kilometres and it cost me $1165. Can this be right? i need to check them figures when I have more time? I saw this on Yahoo – ( You will get around 37mpg (miles per gallon) for a Toyota Hiace. (that’s around 15.76 kms/litre)

We later boarded a taxi and was on our way to Auckland. We had booked a boutique B & B in the very centre of the city. The taxi driver didn’t know where he was going and we were soon stuck in traffic in Queen Street. Some major reconstruction was going on and the traffic was very slow. We found our B + B eventually and it wasn’t that good. Sue complained but we were stuck as we had paid up front through the information centre at Mt. Maunganui. So that was that. We dumped our suitcases and went to the city library. It was bright and cheerful inside.

After we went to the food hall and had a beer and chinese meal.

~ by blackgoth on March 28, 2007.