Day 102 February 18th 2007, Distant Kiwi's - Auckland

After finally picking up our hire car we started on our tour of the North Island, however on paying an unannounced visit to my Great Aunt Pat on our way out of Auckland we were stopped in our tracks. My Great Aunt Pat is my Grandmothers Brothers Wife who I have never met before but she instantly recognised me (from my Mum's photos I think) and gave us a very warm welcome, we were soon settling down for some dinner before meeting some of my distant Cousins who were able to give us some great travel advice.

I think that my first ever awareness of New Zealand came from when my Grandparents visited in 1983. I remember watching the cine film they brought back of the bubbling mud at Rotorua. My parents then visited in 2001. 24 years later I finally made it down here.

Highlights: It was great to finally meet up with my Kiwi relations