3 Monkey's North Island Trip
Just like the South Island trip, the North Island was awesome! And just like the South Island trip, the North Island trip had only 3 monkeys. Nesa, Guna & Myself. We were 2 man short but not 2 short of creativity & fun! We drove around most of the locations in the North Island and had a peak at almost everything. Here are the highlists in our 8 day trip... ~~~~ Day 1: Hawke's Bay We rented a Nissan Pulsar GTI from NZ-Rent-A-Car for NZ$54 a day (including $10 insurance). The owner of the Wellinton branch is a nice Malaysian Indian man from Seremban. Our highlight for our first day was the Church Road Winery , Napier. Church Road is one of the well known & popular New Zealand wineries. We signed ourselves up for a winery tour at NZ$10 each. We were shown around the winery & told about the wine making process. We were also told a little bit about the history of Church Road. During the tour, we learnt that the wines produced in New Zealand in
