Whew. Now that we have filled you in on our chaotic travel week up to the North Island, what happened with our vehicle, why we went abroad, and why we had to rush up in the end, I'm so happy to say that we are safe & sound at our lovely little housesit, and we can't wait to share our journey up here in the North! Because y'all - we're chasing a 'warmer' winter here in NZ, and the adventure is not over yet. See ya next week. x

Oh WOW! We’ve had crazy detours before… but your one takes the cake!

Wow!! You guys are showing some really beautiful sites of New Zealand I didn’t even know existed in the country I live in!! Thank you for sharing your journey, it’s super interesting and awesome to watch :):):)

@nickandraychel

10 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

Unfortunate choice of car, land rover's notoriously unreliable. Stick to Toyota's

@optimumperformance

17 күн бұрын

Depends on the year and model but only go with diesel.

Enjoy your travels, and in whatever arises let go and gain laughter...

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Exactly x

Love it guys ❤

Laugh or cry, glad you guys chose to laugh 😃

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Hahaha so true

Wish u guys safe travels

As soon as you said a 'knocking'... urgh, lots of $$$ but yeah, never buy a European car if you're in NZ - parts are insanely pricy (and they're never as reliable). Love watching Canadians in NZ - looking to see what you guys really enjoy because my fiance of 5 years will be coming out to NZ (hopefully) early half of next year, and I want to show him around before he takes me back home (planning to get married in Te Anau) ❤

Welcome back to 'Kiwiland" 😁 I loved your Abu Dhabi vlogs. North Island in winter will be wet - but no doubt there will be some nice days too. Looking forward to your future vlogs.

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you liked them - it was a cool trip. Can’t wait for more NZ adventures 🌊 🌧️ ☀️

Well done guys

Keep on going Kids, Love it!

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

There's still some inland north island places that get cold in the winter. Like Waiouru and Rangitaiki. Last month Waiouru got to -7.2 and Rangitaiki got to -8.7

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

That's chilly!!! We are loving Tauranga lol 19°C today in June

Yea flying into Queenstown in winter is dodgy at the best of times. After a 17 hour flight is not fun. We definitely need some more international airports down south so you don’t get redirected all they way to Christchurch. They used to bus you from Christchurch so it definitely could be worse.

Always sucks when things are out of your control. Seemed to have managed things really well.

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

It's hard to relinquish control but now it's all behind us!

Hopefully you can experience some of those things you missed out on eventually! Dealing with chaotic flights and things going wrong is the worst 😂 One of the few trips my mom (as a single mom) managed to save for was to South Carolina. We rented a place with some family friends for a week at Christmas, back when I was 15-16. It had snowed a ton and we travelled to Buffalo for our flights.. we were worried we wouldn't be able to fly due to the weather. Our flight got overbooked (we were put on standby 🙄) and we had to be put up in a hotel for a few nights. Then my mom literally forgot her purse at the hotel room and discovered this at the airport. The hotel offered to drive it to her, which was nice. Then our luggage was misplaced for our trip and we got it near the end of the trip.. and missed out on a few days of the trip due to all of this 😢 I think it was still a nice time but I don't remember much anymore! 😂😅

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Omgg sounds like chaos!!!

When i lived in Queenstown i would go to the airport and hotwire the abandoned cars then go too the postshop and sign then into my name , i had 3 lol.

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Maybe you shouldn’t tell people that haha

Great video. Unfortunately air new Zealand is always cancelling flights. Where i live they often cancel them at last once every couple of days and when theres only one flight a day in or out that only goes to Wellington it really isn't good enough by the airline to be cancelling flights all the time. I hope you gave them some honest feedback about it

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

I'm sure that's really frustrating for people who rely on air travel for work, etc! We were really nervous about our flight from Wellington being cancelled, I could hardly sleep the night before!

@RossNixon

Ай бұрын

Airlines should offer parachutes to anyone desperate to get off at a destination that they won't be landing at. I'm semi-serious!

@keithroberts4559

Ай бұрын

​@@nickandraychelkm

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Oh my, I absolutely love how you say that you try just laugh through it 💖 thats the best way to deal with stuff when the universe gives you shit on a fan 🤣 Also random question but how old are you guys? My husband and I are from NZ too and about to start Vanlife once we've finished building out our van

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

It's all you can do sometimes! We're 30, turning 31 this year.

Damn I never considered not being able to land in QT, that would really be annoying. It’s too bad about your land rover :(

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

It was a sad loss for sure! :(

What skate park did you hit?

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Sumner skatepark right away!

I would cry if it had to replace that panel. You backed into a tree 😭.. It’s an aluminium panel, how is that structural. I would try to laugh but I would cry haha fucking Land Rover!

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

We didn’t even do the dent! We bought it with that dent in it and it had passed its WOF back in October with the dent. We took it to 4 different places for the wof and they all failed it 😢

@callumdenton2974

Ай бұрын

@@nickandraychel 4 places failed it, that is wild! You’re not alone, the girl I was seeing had to junk her van on her first wof because of rust. Really feel for you, I just moved to Brisbane, and it’s a one and done roadworthy when you’re changing the registration. I really think it’s over kill there, and just a nightmare. You try and do the right thing and buy something that’s just passed, and you still get played because they know someone that will pass it or you can take it somewhere and they just want some extra work. Yet in Wellington a disqualified drunk driver can kill a pedestrian, 4 times over the limit, doing 115 in a 50k zone, flee. And only get 4 years in the jail, and can drive again in 8. It makes you feel it isn’t about safety, it’s trying to get older cars off the road, and ultimately separating you from your money.

@RossNixon

Ай бұрын

@@nickandraychel I think they fail it at subsequent places because it shows up on their computers.

@marleymarl0

Ай бұрын

@@nickandraychelpast owners mate must of issued the last WOF lol

Some of those warrant people are really picky. Seems like irrelevant rubbish pick on it.

Hi from Australia, I can actually tell you are Canadian by the way you speak, just a tiny bit is accent but it's more the way you speak, like the tone of voice lol sounds silly but I noticed it!

@nickandraychel

24 күн бұрын

Haha I love that! I (Raychel) have heard a lot that I have a very Canadian accent but Nick doesn’t hear it very often.

@anthony.3614

23 күн бұрын

@@nickandraychel Yes absolutely, you have a Canadian sound on your o/ou pronunciation, Nick doesn't really but both of you definitely sound Canadian just by the way you speak kind of like a softer tone lol

Honestly though, did you not talk to anyone about buying that Land Rover? They are so well known for being complete problems vehicles. Yes there are people who love them and they know how to repair them and take care of them and God bless them. But one question to your viewers and within seconds you would have been dissuaded from buying that vehicle.

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

We loved it so much and met so many friends that also are Land Rover fanatics and it was such a great vehicle to tour the South Island with! We were so happy to sell it to another Land Rover lover ❤️

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

The problems we had with it in the end are the exact same problems we had with our Chevy Express honestly

I got a beer too. Yep. All you can do is laugh. Oh and old school English bikes leak oil too. Because we are part of the Commonwealth. And leaky cars come with that.so are you. You should know that.

Darn WOFS!

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Darn WOF is right!

@boomertuxx

Ай бұрын

Haha yep! I can’t stand them

If you have time to spare, travel by air!!

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Hahaha 🤦🏼‍♀️

WOF = Warrant of Fitness

So what was wrong with the landrover? Did it go? If so you could have used it. Id rather trust a politician than a mechanic in this country... and thats coming from someone who thinks the govt is corrupt.

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

We said in the video but there is zero compression in one of the cylinders and a massive leak in the oil pan gasket which would require the transmission to be removed - it’s a full rebuild. We could have done some of it ourselves or attempted to fix it but we were quoted $2k+ to remove the transmission alone and we had to leave that day. Actually we needed to leave 2 days ago. We were running through an entire bottle of oil once every 2 days, it was getting extremely expensive, it was hardly accelerating, and the knocking in the engine was getting louder and louder. There was no way we could drive that to Tauranga on a 3 day deadline.

What are your guys thoughts on the LGBTQ community? Do you support them? Happy Pride month 🏳️‍🌈♥️

@nickandraychel

Ай бұрын

Yes of course! I (Raychel) am queer / pansexual. Happy pride! x

@smit5590

Ай бұрын

@@nickandraychel Cool. All of you are unique human beings ♥️♥️🤗🤗

@OliverMoore1973

Ай бұрын

What do you call a lesbian on fire 🔥 🤔...An LGBBQ