American Wandering and Working in New Zealand for a year or thereabout Based on helpful advice, am continuing the 'ride report' here rather than the forum thread, but will update the thread when I update the blog.
Time to drive. The plan was to go straight up to Waiheke Island, meet my friend the vet specialist and spend a few days and then slowly wind my way south back to Wellington. I had listed both the ute and the V Strom for sale on trademe. I figured if one sold, I’d unlist the other and finish my time in NZ with the remainder, secretly hoping to finish the trip as I started on the bike…..I couldn’t take both bike and ute…easily. Now in the States, I’d consider even a short car road ...