ROTORURA TO WELLINGTON
We've been on the road for almost a week now and are looking forward to taking some time off. Our saddles have not been that good to us if you know what I mean.
So we've decided to book transport to Wellington, the second largest and the capital city of New Zealand. Booking a ride for two guys and two bikes is more difficult that we imagined.
First of all, our booking is "tentative" and whether or not we travel is totally up to the bus driver who shows up with his bus at the time of travel. The driver's decision is based on how much luggage there is in the hold, as bikes take the lowest priority over anything else.
Also we are trying to book a hotel in Wellington but it is difficult to do if you don't know for sure when you are going to get there.
The bus arrives at 11:00am and the bus driver gives us the thumbs up and we place our bikes in the baggage compartment. We travel for about 90 minutes to the next town where we need to change buses. The new bus driver apparently doesn't like bikes very much and insists that there is no room on his bus for our bikes. So we must wait for the next one.
For some reason in the next few minutes of confusion he says he will take them and for us to hurry and get them into the hold. My recollection of the event is of Andy deep inside the cargo compartment trying to get his bike stored over a big spare tire, and of me following while the driver is panicking over the fact that we are holding up his schedule.
But enough about that. We get on, we ride to Wellington and cycle to our hotel which turns out to be very nice. Tomorrow we will explore this city.
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