Lodge Eleven Paihia
Cnr Kings & MacMurray Roads Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand
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Dolphins are bigger than I thought
So today is the day for dolphins, I hope, was too late to try swim with them, and as it turns out, the swimming was cancelled due to bad weather, so off I go on a dolphin spotting expedition after trying to sun myself in the pool garden with roaring wind. I dared not get up in case my towel blow away, but that is the way of things sometimes. The boat warned of ...
Rauf in den Norden / up north
... der Himmel Wolkenlos und alles hat geleuchtet und gestrahlt. Dann das darauffolgende Sandduenen boarding war total lustig und wir sind von riesigen Sandduenen runter "gesurft"...war ein riesen Spass.
Am naechsten Tag gegen vier ist es dann wieder Richtung Auckland gegangen.
Monday morning around 8 the tour in the north started. the first stop was by a giant Kauri tree which are totaly famous here in NZ because they are almost ...
Bay of Islands
On Friday I joined the group of 8 girls I had met on Wednesday and we hired a mini-bus and headed off past some stunning beaches towards the Bay of Islands, in the very North of New Zealand. We first stayed at a YHA hostel in Ahipara which is just at the start of the famous 90 mile beach. The beach there was AMAZING! We went for a peaceful evening dip as the sun was sinking before getting back to our ...
From Rawene to Paihia
... to make) in The Boat House cafe, watching the kiddies learn to sail and enjoying the sunshine then I set off across country - stopping briefly in Kaikohe and then up to Paihia. Wow. What a view. The beach there had a Sirens call that I just couldn't resist so I stayed for a couple of hours, and even managed another swim - in my bikini this time! It took three attempts to go under (casually made to look as if I was just walking up and down looking in the ...
Whangamumu Scenic Reserve
... los. Es stand der Heimweg an. Auf dem Hinweg waren wir relativ viel bergab gelaufen. Das mussten wir jetzt alles wieder hochlaufen. Ich hatte jedoch nicht, wie letztes Mal die Anfängerversion des Grasschneiders, sondern die Fortgeschrittene. Der Unterschied. Statt wie letztes mal 13-15kg hatte ich nun 25kg zu schleppen. Dazu kamen die
Sicherheitshose, die Weste und mein Rucksack. Alles in allem kam ich dann auf ca. 30kg. Das dürfte wohl ...


