Distance cycled: 68.7km from Waihi to Welcome Bay, North island, New Zealand.
Average speed: 16.2km/h
Moving Time: 4h15m
Elevation Ascended: 706m
Total Distance on Current trip: 1,481km
Distance until I have cycled the circumference of Earth: 6,926km
Money spent: $28
Yesterday was spent entirely on bicycle trails however today was the exact opposite, cycling on a busy highway with logging trucks and semi's but the worst thing about this was that the shoulder was awful and at times non existent.
Unfortunately there wasn't an alternative road leading to Mt. Maunganui which was our destination for the day so we pushed on alongside the constant flow of traffic and large vehicles on highway 2.
Currently I am not a fan of the tires I have mounted to my bicycle as they seem to be prone to punctures especially when the shoulder is often covered in small sharp objects like glass and rocks. Right now my tally for puncture repairs in NZ over 3 weeks is 4 when Japan I only experienced one or two over 2 months.
On this trip Marlieke and I have tried only once to use warm-showers.org to contact other cycle-touring enthusiasts for accommodation and so today we tried again and we were lucky to have Helen and Philip host us, they lived a few kilometers outside of Mt. maunganui in an area called Welcome Bay and lived near the top of a hill overlooking the bay and surrounding area.
Weirdly but kindly they welcomed us into their home without even being there and told us they would return in the late hours of the evening. How kind of them.
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