The first time I had heard about 'Napier' was while as a kid I watched cricket matches held in New Zealand, with Father. After that never did I remember seeing any pictures of Napier anywhere or heard anyone mentioning it. So, the only reason my husband and I wanted to visit this place was to see and relate to what we had heard or seen bits of it on TV, and to tick it off our New Zealand check list. :-) Napier is about 500 km from Auckland. We planned a 3 day trip during the Christmas holidays. With lot of luggage, food, and excitement, we started our journey at 7:30 a.m. We are both suckers for road trips, so we had really been looking forward to this trip. This would also be our first long road trip in New Zealand, and also the first one ever with our boy (excluding the flight journey to Auckland from Bangalore). The day was bright and sunny, and mood - a festive and holiday one. We saw quite a bit of traffic even that early. We did not stop until lunch as we wanted to rea...
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