Arrived - food, beer!

Arrived to find to my dismay that it was almost dark, so my simple and elegant plan for navigating visually to the lodge in Paia was already outdated. Still, no customs or other nonsense since we're already in the States. The van, yeah van, is at A3 which turns out to be about a mile away. And did I say it's dark?

Managed to find cash to pay the parking, and also to find the way, trying to stay in the apparently random speed limits-probably my efforts were more likely to attract attention than not!

Parked the van on the street in Paia after there were no obvious spots by lodge-that involved much turning around and toing and froing. Guy and others already sat around drinking beer, so after a welcome shower it was off to the Flatbread Confor pizza and more beer. Marv.

And so to bed, having experienced the longest Saturday of my life, during which the sun was up most of the time. 11 hours behind UK here, so yes, a 35 hour day. Mmm.