Heading north to Tauranga

We drove back to Taupo after checking out in the morning. The boys had so many problems with their campervan- their water pump wasn't working after filling up 50 litres, and one hob wasn't working. We'd figured that the tv hadn't been working before because they had been running low on power. They called Jucy off our phone and took it to a garage in Taupo. While it was being sorted we nipped to Countdown and bought some supplies for the next few days. Boys take sooooo long at deciding! They need to write a list! Jen and I were done after picking up two items. Adam and Mike went to the gym for a couple off hours, while me, Jen and Mike went to the public library to get some free wifi. I hadn't been online for over a week so it was night to update my blog and talk to my sister and email a few people! That all takes time and we were there for a good hour and a half. Afterwards Mike went to get his haircut in the barbers, while Jen and I drove to to waterfront and ate a very late 4pm lunch of soup and bread. We went and grabbed a free coffee from The Moustrap in town, which we'd got from doing the skydive and after a good old chat with the bar girl in there about New Zealand and skydiving and travelling, we went to pick Mike up, whilst admiring his fantastic new haircut and went back to the garage. They had only just finished, so it was perfect timing. Although we had intended to go to the hot water springs again, it was 5pm by then and we had to get to the next accommodation by 8pm in Tauranga, so we drove straight there. A couple of hours later we arrived, the park by the lakefront and cooked an amazing fajita meal :) We had another late night after all (but mick) fell asleep infront of the film Invictus. I think the cards need to come out one evening again and we need a good game of hearts!