Snapped!

We are still awaiting a repaired camper van from our lovely friends here in Hamilton, North Island.  Im pretty sure they are sick of the sight of us - nice as we.  It cant be good having two travellers invade your home and spend days out while you have to work. Days out in your car....Todays day out was a trip to Tauranga and Rotorua.  We set off in the drizzle with flip flops in the boot and a bunch of hope.  We knew we had arrived in Rotorua by the nasty rotten egg smell emanating from the steaming and impressively large Rotorua lake.  I jumped out of the tiny Roadster and immediately regretted my wardrobe decisions, shorts were really not the best idea in the cool drizzle.  Having the briefest touristy walkabout i returned to the safety of the soft top.  Lloyd jumped in and started the engine  - his comment 'the accelerator has disappeared' made me dissolve in giggles at the sheer stupidity of it, he pointed and also began laughing, i looked down, indeed the accelerator was no more, it had literally disappeared.  For some daft reason we were unable to compose ourselves for some time.
A deep breath and a good look with the torch on my phone and it appeared the pedal had completely snapped in half! Jeez this wasn't good.
I found a nearby garage on google maps and we managed to limp the car there with the use of hazard lights, lots of accelerator wiggling and some high gears.  A smiley local guy said he could weld it and we went off in search of the alleged 'best pie in New Zealand'. Now don't get me wrong, best anything is good but i see such claims daily across New Zealand, and indeed Aussie.  We found coffee and pies and they were indeed very good.
After a long walk the call came to say the car was fixed, a good job done at a fair price and we were back on the road to Tauranga, to meet Angry Garry.  Garry was a chap we had met previously and id nicknamed him (to his face and he agreed!) as he is a permanently cross chap.  His son was fun and we had a couple of drinks and a beer.
I sit here typing waiting to hear if the camper van has passed its WOF or Warrant of Fitness, same as an MOT but NZ.  If so it means we can finally head to Wellington.

In other news, i have decided to take December off and have arranged a house/pet sit in Vietnam for a small dog.  Yknow those fluffy white ones the Asians love to trim and use decoratively.  I hope he's good, i haven't much dog experience, apparently he's super hilled and even has his own Instagram page. Eeek.  December will be spent taking care of myself, reading, planning and exploring Vietnam. There's even a scooter with the job!
Quite excited.