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Great Indian food at the weekend market in Auckland
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Dahi puri: quite a presentation for food served on the street!
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Ben's dosa being made fresh
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View of Auckland across the crater of Mount Eden (Maungawhau)
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Ben and Aaron atop Mount Eden (Maungawhau)
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Ben and Laura atop Mount Eden (Maungawhau)
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Haloween dinner party in Auckland
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Humpty (creepy) Dumpty watches me ride past in Auckland
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And we're off! Cycling along the waterfront in Auckland to start our New Zealand bike tour
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Finally free of the Auckland sprawl and into the New Zealand countryside
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The beautiful country lanes of New Zealand
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At a grotto on a short evening walk from our (free) campsite at a scout camp within the scenic preserve in Clevedon
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Don't worry, I wasn't even tempted by a toilet shower
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Much like Oregon, the rainy grey skies bring the amazing green below
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Descending to Kawakawa Bay
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Enjoying the hot springs pool at the Miranda Holiday Park
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We were greeted by our Warm Showers host Steven's cat before Steven arrived home from work
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The spectacular view from our bedroom for the night at Steven and Kara's home in Ngaruawahia
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Aaron's helmet is still fluorescent yellow at this point. (The intense New Zealand sun would fade it rapidly to a pastel yellow.)
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Cleverly designed New Zealand mailboxes did not require the postman to open the door to insert letters
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More vibrant blue skies and bright green pastures in New Zealand
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The hills weren't long, but they could be steep
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Cycling through beautiful New Zealand
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Aaron descends the entry hole to the glow worm caves in Waitomo
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Laura descends the entry hole to the glow worm caves in Waitomo
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Squeezing through a tight passage in the glow worm caves in Waitomo
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Squeezing through a tight passage in the glow worm caves in Waitomo
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Floating in our inner tubes, preparing to go through the long flooded tunnel full of glow worms
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Squeezing through a tight passage in the glow worm caves in Waitomo
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Squeezing through a really tight passage in the glow worm caves in Waitomo
