The Cross Over

As many of you already know, New Zealand is made up of 2 islands; the North and South. As we have now completed the South (as much as our time had allocated), it was off to the North for the whole new adventure.

Our journey would have us cross the ocean on a ferry with our one and only campervan. The journey to the port was amazing! It was called the Queen Charlotte passage and it was very similar to the ferryride from Vancouver, BC to the Victoria Islands.

The only glitch we ran into was during the ride across. As soon as the boat hit the open waters, we soon learned what the term "sea sick" meant. Waves coming from all angles, as well as wind, rain did not make for a comfortable ride. The crew did their best by providing us with entertainment only I don't think "Finding Nemo" was the best way to get our minds off being in the ocean. What was suppose to be a 3 hour ride ended up being 4.5. Where we ended up docking, we needed a two tug boats to push us in as the winds kept up in Wellington.

The good news, we made it to the North Island, more specifically Wellington which is the capital city of New Zealand.