New Zealand 5 And Then... Nothing

 This time, we made it a couple hours north of Auckland to a small seaside town, just lovely, called Tairua. We had a nice, leisurely lunch by the water, had an ice cream and were on our way again. We were headed for Hot Water Beach, a famous little place on the coast where you rent a spade, dig a hole and lay in a hot water pool. We were really looking forward to it. We got about 10-15 minutes up the mountain to a prettyish

lookout and after a quick stop, got back into our van to continue and then..... nothing. The key simply would not turn - the whole steering column was locked up. At first we thought it was just a safety lock so we tried different things to disengage but.... nothing. We were quite anxious to get back on the road so we asked a couple to try and have a go at it. Both the husband and wife tried to turn the key but.... nothing.

Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)