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Bay of Islands, New Zealand
... his parents
We were met at the dock by a shuttle bus with a very friendly driver who introduced himself as "Ray from the Bay of Islands." I suggested he drop the "of islands" part and just be Ray from the Bay. He agreed that it had a better ring to it so now there are two of them in the world. All the way into town the new Ray from the Bay tormented the Aussies on board about the NZ All Blacks winning the Rugby World Cup:
Ray ...
Abbey Caves and The Kiwi Bus
... been nice to add someone else to the conversation) ... Then a Swiss-Argentinian named Sebastian (Seb) stepped up. Shortly after this we met Diego (aka Pedro), Bridget and Lauren.
This group is riding "The Kiwi Bus". This is a big green bus, that has pretty much the same people on it every day, touring around the country. The locals have another name for it... The Big Green **** Bus. It is really just a ...
You know New Zealand is hilly, right?
... to an old farmer about a few things we should look out for on the way. A few more ups and downs over the next forty k’s before the mother of all hills (although we both knew deep down that this was easy compared to what we will be facing in the future).
After climbing for what seemed like an eternity we made it to the top and contoured our way along this hill in 27° heat before the descent and final stretch into Wellsford. By ...
O'Doyles rule!
... following day proved to be our most active of our time in the Bay of Islands. We took a walk from our hostel along the waterfront, to an area just outside town known as Waitangi. Here, in 1840, a document predictably known as the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, a treaty granting Maori tribes the rights of British subjects, recognising Maori claims to lands, and establishing a British Governor of New Zealand. Incidentally, the Declaration ...
The very northern tip of New Zealand
... where the spirits of the dead head out to their native land somewhere in polenisia or hawaiki from the sounds of it. Anyway, it was very windy, as it would be on a peninsula, and there was a lighthouse to warn the ships. Two seas meet there, so there was some interesting wave action. Then we were off for some sand boarding, which turned out to be a lot of fun, except that sand really did get everywhere, I was pulling it out of the ...
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