The drive to Whakatane was super windy and lovely, dodging around large hills and giving you heaps of both scenery and forest to watch as you drive. The worst part was a massive pothole that I hit, causing me to pull over. It was so loud I thought the tire had burst! Luckily that didn’t happen, but the car now pulls to the left when you let go of the wheel… we’ll fix that one day, I promise.
Actually arriving at my next Workaway was a bit of a challenge in and of itself. I drove through some farmer’s field by accident (thanks google maps), and I had to open and close a bunch of gates on my way through. Why did no one stop and ask me where I was going?
I then have to drive through a river to get back into the road I should have been on the whole time. I think “Oh brother, I know this isn’t great for the car.” I push through and make it up the other side, and as I finally approach the correct farm I’m told that I have to drive over SEVERAL little rivers to get there! My new host Api drives in front of me to show me the way to reach the far side of the river bed, and welcomes me onto their hobby farm and family land.
