Impressions on my first 2 days...

I left on Sunday morning for my 3 months bicycling journey... I ended up taking the train out of Auckland (very smart move as the traffic was crazy and the suburbs not so fun to ride through). The first day I did approximately

55 km (my bike computer was dead so I don't know for sure!). It must have been 35 degrees with no wind and 100% humidity... not that great for a yukonner like me used to dry air! I had to stop often and go hang out in the shade to avoid heat strokes! Other than that the landscape was beautiful! I said Hello to my first sheep (many more to come!!) and saw my first hedgehog! It really feels like the Amazon here... everything is so green and lush and there are crickets and weird birds singing constantly as I ride along! I also tackled my first hill... which to my standard was hell (it took me one hour to go up, both riding and walking!)... but later found out, looking through my cycling book, that this was an "easy" one compared to what is to come! Now I wished I'd got in shape before leaving, instead of getting in shape as I go! Yeaterday, my second day, I did about 65 km (bought a bike computer last night!)... the ride was much easier, following the coast next to the water almost all day! Well, I better go... another big day ahead of me!!