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Travel Blogs from Whangarei
A Triumphant Week in Whangarei
... me almost perfectly up and down the rolling hills and through the incredibly windy roads (NZ is full of them). It's funny when she tells me to go left or right when it's only a windy bend, but she's not got a lot of brains (no, I haven't named her - that would be just silly!). What I don't have is a good radio or more importantly a CD/mp3 player. This means I have to sing my way through 6 hours of driving. There used to be a time when I could sing pretty well but these days I ...
Life at Little Earth
... I started making cakes and things when we arrived, because it was so nice to have a kitchen to use - I even downloaded Mary Berry's 100 Cakes onto my Kindle. After giving a few samples to J&J, I was told I could sell them to guests if I wanted. So we started with a carrot cake with cream cheese topping (which had banana in it - quite odd, but tasty) and sold some to some Swedish guests. Next was marble cake - very popular, I think because it was ...
Tiki Tour!
... that as different as we were, we were at somewhat similar points in our lives. Both of us are enjoying a newfound freedom in realizing that the constraints of normal everyday life are optional. I think it's part of the American culture to think that a successful life means a good job with a good income and a happy functional family. As Armin the Buddhist pointed out to me, even the (to me, basic) goal of happiness is laughable, for what does that mean? ...
Viele Schweine, ein Wasserfall & Kauris
... amp; es geht ab nach Whangarai. Erst zum i-Site Infos geholt, dann schmeissen mich Kathrin & Chris bei den Whangarai Falls raus. Waehrend die beiden zum Arzt machen, schau ich mir die Wasserfaelle an. Finde sie schoener als sie der Lonley Planet darstellt.
Mein weg fuehrt mich weiter den Hatea River entlang in Richtung Sueden (is wie bergab gehn). Ach schoen ruhig. Keine Menschenseele. Nicht mal einem Ork begegnet mir auf dem Weg, der von ueppiger ...
Viel Arbeit aber auch ne Feier
... zu treiben. Doch eines von denen liebt seine freiheit so sehr, dass wir es partout nicht ins gatter treiben koennen. Dann eben nich.
Jetzt erstmal Lunch-time, zu der sich auch Kathrin gesellt & bei der wir ein wenig plaudern.
Wieder am "Sammelpunkt" gilt es den ganzen Plastikmuell, v.a. Milchbutten, einzusammeln & zu einem Platz zu bringen, an dem er verbrannt werden soll (??????).
Auf unserem Rueckweg kommen wir an Joe vorbei, der gerade 2 ...
Location
Other places to stay in Whangarei
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Whangarei Falls Holiday Park & BBH Backpackers
12 Ngunguru Road, Whangarei | Hostel$58 average -
YHA Whangarei
52 Punga Grove Ave, Whangarei | Hostelfrom $37 -
Bunkdown Lodge
23 Otaika Rd, Whangarei | Hostel -
Central Backpackers
67 Hatea Drive, Whangarei | Hostel