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Thread ID: 101648 2009-07-22 02:01:00 US Support For NZ Tourist Industry....... SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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793825 2009-07-22 02:01:00 Rolling and roaming in New Zealand by camper van ( . latimes . com/articles/la-trw-newzealandbox19-2009jul19" target="_blank">travel . latimes . com)




My husband, Nolan, and I had pulled in next to a train station to make coffee in our rented Volkswagen Vanagon (we call them KombiWagens here in the US) camper when a wiry, red-haired man ambled over and knocked on our sliding door . It was our first morning in New Zealand, and we assumed he was going to tell us we couldn't park there .

Hands in the pockets of his fleece jacket, he smiled apologetically at interrupting our breakfast, and leaned in .

"What year is it?" he asked, meaning our bright orange van (a 1982) . We'd hired it the day before in Christchurch from Classic Campers, which we'd found on the Web as renting "stylish retro campervans . "

It was then that we noticed an almost identical orange Vanagon across the parking lot . . . . etc .

See? Metla, get that beer cold - I'm coming soon!
SurferJoe46 (51)
793826 2009-07-22 02:40:00 Not to put you off or anything:

tvnz.co.nz

www.nzherald.co.nz

www.stuff.co.nz
pctek (84)
793827 2009-07-22 05:28:00 Those, unfortunately are the new morality kicking in. It happens here too. SurferJoe46 (51)
793828 2009-07-22 07:40:00 Then again we sometimes get the undersirable tourists.

home.nzcity.co.nz

Not that far from pctech.
Sweep (90)
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