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Paihia day 1
Left early this morning to catch the 745am bus from Auckland to Paihia. Wasn't too pleased as I have rode some pretty shady bus' in my life, thankfully this one wasn't one of them. Was a little worried about having Filip (not Philip) tag along as he doesn't really have people skills. I think he's a little scared about not speaking smooth English so …
Day 197
... the double seat for himself! “So you’re not actually sitting together then?” “Oh, er, no, sorry.” Cheeky f***er. First stop was a gigantic, 800 year old Kauri tree. It was amazing, something like 14m around. Apparently it’s good luck to give it a bit of a cwtch. Hmm, this is the second tree in NZ I’ve cwtched, I hope I’m not going ‘hippy.’ After that it was on to the cultural centre, where we were greeted ...
Out on the Bay
... of the region. A highlight of the cruise was sailing through the "hole in the rock". This is a large rock formation that has a hole eroded right through it. Since the ocean was very calm today we were able to sail right through it. There was only 8 ft of clearance on either side so it took some skillful navigating by the boat driver (who is a woman, by the way). After that exciting experience we stopped for lunch ...
Bay of Islands. Beautiful
... water!
The last stop of the day was at a village called Kawakawa. This village is famous for it’s public toilets would you believe. A guy called Friedensreich Hundertwasser had created this vision of the toilets that he wanted to build. Unfortunately, he died in 2000 at the age of 71 and they were not built. In memory of him, the council decided to make his plans come true and the toilets ...
On the beach
... and watched a guy play 'stick' with his labrador. Expect the stick wasn't a stick but a massive log of driftwood. When the guy tossed it like a caber into the sea, the dog swam after it again and again. It was fun to watch. It was a lovely warm evening, but I soon learnt about the mosquitos. Doors and windows shut, I spent most of the evening trying to track one down that was in the campervan, I could hear him, but couldn't see him. He'd better not get me in the ...
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