Kerikeri
Travel Blogs from Kerikeri, New Zealand
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... fuhren wir mit der Car Ferry nach Paihia, wo wir erstmal einkauften und volltankten. Dann ging es weiter nach Kerikeri, einer Stadt inmitten von Obstanbaugebieten. Der Campingplatz ueberraschte uns mit jeder Menge junger kiffender Menschen, die hier fuer ...
A New Lady in Ant's Life!
... had met at Aroha on Taveuni in Fiji. We had a wonderfful evening chatting about our time in Fiji, and enjoyed some fantastic New Zealand hospitality and a few bottles of local Pinot Noir, and not forgetting the wonderful hot bath, our last taste of luxury ...
Day 47 - Kerikeri
15.26 - So far all I can say is that it was a mistake to come to Kerikeri! I was told that this was where they filmed The Piano but now that I am here, it turns out that it's not! The thing is, I had to walk about 2 miles in search of the beach only to be ...
end of the road..the cape
... crap and its not really got the same vibe as it did when we had such fun in vietnam..and brazil.... we carried on to kerikeri and arrived around 4ish...got some food from the supermarket and settled down to watch a dvd in the van..due to the pouring ...
Yorkshire Puds and Great Wine
... we decided that we must have Sunday Lunch there. But we had a few hours to kill before lunch, so visited the KeriKeri Farmers Market and bought lots of nice thing like fresh basil, freshly made buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, bacon……. The ...
The Way to the Bay
... sie ein massives Unwetter vor kurzen hatten und einige Strassen zerstoert wurden. Wir kommen also nur langsam voran und kehren in Kerikeri auf einem Zeltplatz ein. Eigentlich war noch geplant bis zum Cape Reinga zu fahren, doch da wuerden wir nur im Auto ...
Northland
... von dem richtig traurigen und aergerlichen Ende abregen. Also erstmal bei BurgerKing n paar Burger gefruehstueckt ;) Auf dem Weg nach Kerikeri waren wir noch in Whangerei bei einem Wasserfall - war schoen, nicht besonders spektakulaer, aber der Wald und ...
Farm Life
... but Alex still dropped Vera and me in Paihia for the day. We walked to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds (very important in New Zealand history as the site for the country's first document between the Maori and Europeans acknowledging that the Maori had rights ...
The Bay of Islands - A Day in Paradise
We convened at the Kerikeri Marina. Three boats were in our flotilla. Owen Smith, President of the Kerikeri Club had a 52 foot catamaran, and two other sloops joined us. We head out in light airs, with the threat of showers. As the winds ...
Paihia ---> Kerikeri
... Packsystem gefunden habe. Um 9 Uhr waren Daniela (Österreich) und ich Abfahrbereit. 30 Minuten später waren wir dann in Kerikeri. Dort angekommen setzte mich Daniela, nur 400 Meter vom Hostel entfernt, ab. Ich bedankte mich und verabschiedete mich von ...
Kerikeri :-)
Amazing pancakes, bacon, fried bananas and maple syrup for breakfast! Now it was only yesterday but already Im struggling retracing my steps! First we went to visit the neighbours (no, not Michael Crawford - dammit!) - the king & queen of the ...
KeriKeri and KawaKawa
... so, the rain and the wind shield wipers stayed constant through the 3 hour trip! Cape Reinga is the very north western tip of New Zealand and Reinga means Underworld in Maori. The Maori believe that the Cape is where the spirits of the dead leap from to ...
Welcome to WWOOFing and sandboarding!
... what to do with them. We settled on handing them into the police station but that proved rather difficult. Apparently crime doesn't happen in New Zealand out side the hours of 9-5, Mon to Fri and so after trying the police station to no avail we had no ...
From Northcote Point back to the far north
Our first day in Kerikeri and the weather is awful, however it doesn't dampen our enthusiasm for this place. Travelled back from Auckland and spent a night with Sera and Murray at Pamapuria to pick up the caravan and carry on across east. A little ...
pix from bay of islands
As i leave the BOI and head south I wanted to quickly add some pix and address some Q's asked. First I am driving on the left except one time I made a left turn past a median into incoming traffic. It was in c-ch in the morning and on one honked or shot ...
Seeing the local sites and Rotary Meeting
... the ferry back to Paihia and shopped briefly. Our last visit of the day was to the oldest stone store in New Zealand set at the top of the Kerikeri inlet where ships would come to trade in the old days. Rotary has put in barbeques in a park across ...
This time more madness
... of the people that were staying at the hostel were fruit pickers, practically living in the place. I think they were glad to have some new faces around the place and so we made friends with everyone! When we went to go to bed, an 8 bed dorm, it was ...
Entente Cordiale!
... as they’ve created a boardwalk through Mangrove swamps – an enjoyable walk! We’ve now moved on to Kerikeri – just as we were approaching the town, the heavens opened so we decided to head for a supermarket and stock up for ...
On top of the world! Well ok, NZ anyway!
... It was so powerful and dramatic. I was suddenly overcome with emotion. (Silly old stick I know!) I had made it! At long last! I'd got to New Zealand, and all by myself! I'd wanted to see this Cape so badly. Sure, it would have been nice to be able to have ...
leaving the farm
Moved to hone Heke lodge given a lift there at 3pm. while waiting for office to open met the couple of guys i met while at Farm ...
premier village européen / maoris
Keri Keri intle : Premier village européen en nouvelle zelande , qui a vu la premiére naissance d'un européen sur le territoire ! Il ne reste plus que l'église et la capitainerie , avec un bon vergers , ou nous navons pas pu nous empécher de ...
Beautiful!
... ;talking... thankfully the cop didn't see me as drunken and disorderly, even though I CLEARLY was. Saturday we headed for Kerikeri to visit Julie's friend Margot. We were absolutely speechless when we pulled up to the house. It was fabulous. ...
I don't like Blackberry bushes
Just finishing up day 2 with Felice and Bob in KeriKeri. The grounds were badly damaged by flooding so there is a ton of debris to be cleared out and these ginger root things that are growing everywhere and are just horrible to get out. There is also the ...
Rainbow Falls in Kerikeri
Ate some stellar lamb and kumera pie and then hiked down into rainbow falls. Swam accross the pool and crawled up and behind the fall into the cave/space behind it. Felt like the last of the Mohicans (sp?). Pretty fucking ...
Rainy Rainy Bay of Islands
Worst weather of the summer meant dolphin trip cancelled. Bugger. Not good signs for wedding ...

