Christchurch here we come

Why do we always choose crack of dawn flights? I know, I know - we are cheapskates. 4.00 am Caleb has us organised and we are off! Felt sad to say goodbye but excited of course about our next leg of travel.

We had hired a campervan from internet, they had bumped us a couple of times and so we didn't get our original booking but we weren't prepared for the grotty van we got. We had a look around it - there were so many dings the guy couldn't record them all. It was the tyre that was bald right down to the metal that had us worried though.

He drove us around to get a new one but every garage was closed because of Easter Saturday. We reluctantly drove off with the agreement that we would buy a new tyre and get reimbursed. Stopped to do the shop and saw that the regio was out of date. Also the petrol was only half full. We called him - he arrived grumpily and we sorted a few things out.

Cooking dinner we realised that the gas bottled leaked and was only half full. Not much in the way of cookware etc. Luckily all the campsites were fantastic with great kitchens etc and so we didn't need to use the camper. Go wild took on another meaning!