Sail the Leviathan

A journal about our travel and adventures…

  • Day 8: Lonely Beaches

    Finally just gave up and switched to teathering to our cellular sim cards. Uploading is much faster and reliable👍 Continue reading

    Day 8: Lonely Beaches
  • Day 7: Pancakes and Blowholes

    Wi-Fi continues to be a challenge here in NZ. Our new joke that everywhere has free Wi-Fi but it doesn’t connect to the internet. You can do some sweet peer-to-peer file sharing or look at the latest “no network connection”… Continue reading

    Day 7: Pancakes and Blowholes
  • Day 6: Honeydew

    Phew the rain hit us big time last night, checkout this post for a little late night audio of it beating on the roof of the RV! Day 6: Honeydew Today started with an insane racket of pouring rain on… Continue reading

    Day 6: Honeydew
  • Day 5: The Tramping Hour

    I almost got this posted yesterday, but then we ran out of our free wifi and didn’t have any cellular signal at all…   Day 5: The Trampy Hour We slept in well past sunrise, about 8:30 I think. We… Continue reading

    Day 5: The Tramping Hour
  • Day 4: The Diplomatic Crayfish

    We have an ounce of WiFi at our current campground so catching up on yesterday’s post.   Day 4: The Diplomatic Crayfish This morning we awoke to a spectacular sunrise over the Pacific, not usually a thing one gets to… Continue reading

    Day 4: The Diplomatic Crayfish
  • Day 3: Camper Pickup

    So far we’ve had terrible luck with Wi-Fi in this country, none of it seems to work. Anyway, finally breaking down and just using our cellular data to upload.   Day 3: Camper Pickup Day 3, vacation is over, time… Continue reading

    Day 3: Camper Pickup
  • Day 3: Teaser

    We had a busy first day in our camper yesterday, haven’t had time (or WiFi) to finish uploading the full post. Here is a teaser: the view from our camper spot last night 20km south of Kaikoura. Continue reading

  • Day 2: Hobbiton

    Day 2: Hobbiton Woke up around 6:30 am NZ time after a decent night’s sleep. Thank goodness for ear plugs. The combination of St Patrick’s Day and the rhythmic “clink” of the room’s thermostat would have d… Go to this… Continue reading

    Day 2: Hobbiton
  • Day 0: To Auckland we go

    This entire post (both Sway and WordPress) creates using iPhone apps, awesome👍 https://sway.com/s/qHnCcVmmnLv2I7vG/embed Continue reading