On Friday spent a horrendous 9 hours on the road (normally less than 6) driving to Auckland and back) to pick Kim from Akl Intl airport.
Heading out via the coastal backroads due to last weekโs cyclone damage and on the way back in torrential storm, surreal light and racing ahead of the fast rising floodwaters through the backroads to get home by 10pm. Just in the nick of time as the long stretches of the roads we left behind were impassable due to floods, slips or both, with Northland totally isolated
. In haste to get through, missed some spectacular flood conditions so shall credit NZ Newโs photos here.
4 unavoidable return road trips to Auckland in a month under adverse situations /conditions is rather trying. Before this, our last road trip was 3 years ago before Covid. Our preferred commute to Auckland is by sail and we catch good weather windows. Certainly these road trips werenโt by choice!
Pleased to revert to our hermit life here on Ditiantai, the place where Heaven and Earth Unite![]()
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Part 2: THE DAO OF RIGHT TIMING – No forcingโonly listening.
Wind. Water. And the moment that opens. Each day we take our โTiki Tourโ on Taoโour trusty runaboutโslipping into caverns and gorges that only reveal




