Coro loop NZ

[Henrik_imp]

Back in 2007 I did a drive around the North Island with a camper van (RV), and was just stunned by the beauty of your country. There were many memorable moments on that trip, and certainly driving around Coromandel was one of the better ones. I remember vividly how I kept thinking that I must come back one day to do the same tour on a motorcycle, because your roads just beg to be ridden!!

Just to save the thread a little bit, here are some pictures from that trip around Coromandel. I don't precisely remember the names where each picture was taken, but I am sure the locals may recognize them:













A funny story after the Coromandel was that we headed to Taupo. First of all, I wanted to do a bungee jump there, which was amazing, but we also have a very good friend who is much involved in motorsports in NZ after a long career in F1. He told us to go to the Taupo track as he had a friend working there that would be able to let us have a go around the race track.

When we arrived, there were some race cars out on track, and the friend told me that when they were do we would be able to get out on track. At that point I thought that I would be able to go with one of the simpler race cars he had there, and was getting all excited. After a while sitting at our camper van sipping coffer, he comes over and tells me we can now go out on the track. So I ask him what car I can take, and he looks at our camper van and goes "Well you came with that, so go out on track with that"...

I was a bit bummed, as a camper is about as far from a track car you can get! Oh well, we got in the van and off we went on the track. I did get some nice photos of the van on the track though, and a great memory.