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Paihia
Hello! We have moved on to Paihia in northern New Zealand. Last night, Addie and I walked around the streets of Auckland and found a nice Thai restaurant. We ate great Thai food and drank singha (Thai beer) and sauvignon blancs up till our prompt bedtime at 1900 or 7:00 pm. The bus ride to Paihia was expectantly beautiful including a perfect double …
Paihia - Last Stop In NZ
Deciding to limit our journey time, we made a scheduled overnight stop in Whangarei, before heading on to Paihia, in the Bay of Islands. We arrived in Whangarei on a Saturday afternoon and were amazed to find the town pretty much deserted. We had not eaten all day and were not even able to grab a McDonalds', as that, along with virtually every …
Das Northland ruft!!!
Christine, die ich am Freitag auf Waiheke kennengelernt habe, und ich haben gestern beschlossen uns ein Auto zu mieten und 3 oder 4 Tage das Northland zu erkunden. Ich habe mich so darauf gefreut, dass ich heute morgen ohne Probleme um 6.30 Uhr aufstehen konnte (wer mich kennt, weiss was das heisst). Da ich voll bepackt war, wollte ich morgens …
When The Small Things Are The Best Things In Life.
We have to admit, we were both a little nervous this morning in seeing the car we have hired to get us all the way around the north island. With ten days to get to Wellington, we can't afford for it to break down on us although if we had decided to buy a car instead of hiring we would have only been able to afford a banger anyway so I don't know …
Catching Our Tea.
The Bay Of Islands is known to be one of the best places to fish around New Zealand, so not wanting to miss out on an opportunity we booked ourselves on to a boat. We wern't heading out until 4.30pm so spent the morning having a look around Paihia’s small streets. Heading back to get organised for this afternoon, we met Les, an older man from …