The age of the Jucy camper has come to an end. The Chaser has done us well through the South Island and up most of the North Island with such luxuries as a bathroom and heated water, as well as not needing to change gear as we tootle along. But such luxuries come at a price, so we’ve swapped to a Britz camper. Gone is the bathroom, but in is the upstairs bedroom (which I’ll break if I go near), alfresco dining (folding outside table), and a grill of all things! As we marvelled at the clever design it’s odd to think that: a) we’ve been in the same type of van since we left Sydney, and each interior design feels huge compared to the last, and b) we’ll have spent 5 months living in the back of a van by the time we’re done.
So with our new van we zoomed up (it’s petrol instead of diesel and moves somewhat for a van) the imaginatively named Northland peninsula north of Auckland to meet Cat and re-establish the convoy, ready to continue our tour. Oh, we’ve also been reunited with our passports and India is on, woohoo!