family travel

Food is great here, it’s not like Norfolk Island where there’s no local agriculture and everything is shipped in. Local food is fresh and reasonably priced. I’m obsessed with the local tomatoes versus the shipped in NZ ones, there is no competition.

[Read more…] about Day 10 – Coffee and ice cream

A slow day as everyone feels a bit rundown from working so hard in the heat the day before. The boys spend the morning editing gopro footage into what they believe to be high comedy.

[Read more…] about Day 9 – Slow it down

Now that we’ve settled the realisation arrives that we need to start preparing for the Camino de Sanitago. We’ve got the gear, just have to start to get our legs under us.

[Read more…] about Day 8 – Training begins in earnest

A slow start by bowling down to the local coffee joint and having a yarn with Neil.

[Read more…] about Day 7 – A week in

A conversation with the coffee bloke over the road gives us the idea to see the arrival of a major ocean going vaka coming back from restoration in NZ.

[Read more…] about Day 6 – Ocean travellers

We’ve had a few days now and have hit a groove. Alissa had the idea of bringing the bikes as a way of getting around to save the expense of renting a car for all of us.

[Read more…] about Day 5 – Avarua exploring

The only good idea I’ve had for a book is “Sun Tzu and the Art of Parenting” in which I demonstrate that raising children should be treated in the same manner as fighting a great war [Read more…] about Day 4 – Tour de Raro

The roosters crow early and constantly. It genuinely seems entirely unnecessary and I feel a letter to the local MP should be drafted. We begin the day with a long eye on fried chicken for dinner.

[Read more…] about Day 3 – Rain, rain go away