The first day of Traveling & Cycling

The weather this morning in Auckland was not the best so far. However yesterday evening i looked into the options of leaving Auckland for Northland.

And taking the weather forecast into account the best option was to take a bus to Dargaville. So early in the morning I left the B&B and headed to the Auckland Ferry Building. Guess what the driver of the mini bus was a dutch guy. So we chatted for nearly the entire journey. He recommended to visit the Kauri Museum and continue to Dargaville on bike. (Kauri is a huge tree, similar to the trees in yellow stone park)

So I spent one hour at the Kauri Museum and then started cycling. And to be honest the first kilometers were quite a challenge, steep climbs and 'tegenwind'. When i reached Ruawai I bought some additional supplies (water, coke and some muesli bars) and continued the last 28 kilometer towards Dargaville. In all it was a really nice ride and I was happy to reach Dargaville. The backpackers hostel is nice and there is currently one other guy (german) staying here.

After taking a nice hot shower and having dinner i spent part of the evening chatting with the other guest. And i really felt sleapy already at 21.00. Which is a good thing, it looks like cycling will help in adjusting to the local timezone ;-).  Anyway will do some grocery shopping before leaving for a nice ride to a camping close to the Waipoua Kauri Forest. So this will be a day without internet will be nice for a change but i guess i will have to buy supplies for 2 days.