An unexpected and extra night in Kaikoura

5th June

After a lovely day out on the ocean and fun evening socialising and eating lobster, we ended our evening sleeping illegally in the local car park last night!

We woke up to lovely views from the car park! 

As we got in to the camper to head to the holiday park, Rob struggled to get in to gear and the van wouldn't budge

Having had too many glasses of wine to remember, I didn't really take much notice.  It wasn't until the following morning when rob drove to the garage at 7am in first gear, that I sobered up to the severity of the problem. 

We pulled in to the garage and waited half an hour for a mechanic, called Dicko to turn up to work.  After a test drive, Dicko told us the clutch was screwed and it was going to cost us $500, combined with 2 new back tyres that were also on the verge of blowing, today was going to turn out to be an expensive day, costing us $800.

We went off to town for Breakfast and took a walk along the beach to walk off the hangover. Looking out at the views, it's really not a bad place to spend an extra day.  As our bedroom was due to be in the garage for the night, we checked in to a cosy backpackers and enjoyed beautiful views from our bedroom.

We looked like the "flash packers" in our back packer kitchen as we tucked in to our freshly caught lobster from yesterday's finishing trip!