New Zealand intro

hey there, this will be quick and with no photos at the moment as the internet is slow and expensive. i know i thought this was a developed country too! anyways, we are in Ahipara now on the north coast. we went to the very tip of NZ today and did some sand boarding as well. it's quite nice here with beautiful scenery but very different type of travelling. with the car there is almost too many options of things to go and places to see so we are just flying by the seat of our pants, or boardshorts for that matter. also things are for sure not catered towards tourists at all. there are minimum restaurants, which is fine as we are camping and such and there is many things that are still closed as the busy season really hasn't started yet. but it will soon. very soon, hehe. we did 2 days in Piha, a small surf town with amazing views and incredible skimboarding (so glad i brought it) one afternoon of surfing and we were both very sunburned. but that was of course our fault as we didn't head the warnings that we received and lacked the necessary sunscreen. oh well, got the laugh at the pharmacy as we bought a large bottle of aloe vera gel. we are off to the bay of islands next and hoping that the sunburn goes away so we can go back to fully beaching it. oh yeah here they have a national highway that's on the beach! it's crazy. we drove on it but couldn't go all the way as only one entry was suitable for our little car, hehe. ok gotta go more to come soon i hope, take care everyone
aaron