First day on the road!

So yesterday we packed up and left our temporary home of The Park. We drove south, so a town called Palmerston North, where Joel (whom we are traveling with for a while) got us connected with Sarah and Kyra. They were travelling the same direction as us, and had a place to stay, and we ended up joining in on the fun. We went clubbing, sort of...

As all of us that were drinking that night were on a budget, (Jon and I are attempting a $60 a day fiasco) we did most of our drinking at home. We drank so much that Joel refused to go out with us because he felt he was going to throw up. Jon and I then managed to lose the rest of the group at the first bar, so we had to go home, lest we end up lost at the end of the night. But it was an awesome night nonetheless. It just goes to show that you should know someone in every town. It makes life so much more exciting and cheap. Of course, sleeping on the floor wasn't too comfortable, but we made do. (We managed to keep to our budget on day one, by the way!)

Day two started with a drive to Wellington, a massive confusion trying to find the city center, and somewhere to park, and also a $40 parking ticket for being in the wrong place for literally 10 minutes. It was sad. What with Hostel prices here, and that ticket, we did not manage to keep to the budget, despite no other expenses. We even ate only the food that we brought. This might be harder than we thought....