Number of nights: 1
Distance:
73 KM
(73 KM Total)
After two weeks stationed in Auckland, we were itching to get out on the road. Our first stop was Piha, which was surprisingly close to the city and only took about 30 minutes to drive there.
This also marks our first foray into “booking as you go”: normally we book our accommodations ahead of time, sometimes months in advance, but now that we were traveling we no strict itinerary, we had to change our mindset and book on the fly. In the days leading up to our departure I become more and more anxious not knowing where were were going to stay, but everything turned out fine and on the last day I booked a very nice place high up on a cliff. It was a bit of a splurge, but I felt we needed to reward ourselves a bit to help us ease into this new routine (nice excuse, Michael).
