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... many photos, you can´t imagine…
A few of them are added to my entry, but just a few! ;)
The trip started at 7 in the morning and ended at 6.30 in the evening. It was a long day but full of beautiful impressions of the most amazing landscape I´ve ever seen. The landscape in NZ looks different to all the other ones I know, also the mountains and hills.
Everywhere in the Northland are hills and rocks and mountains and to drive through with ...
Hole in the Rock & Haruru Falls
... which make up the bay of islands. Several of which are privately owned and required us to drop their post off en route! All of them stunning... The few pictures posted here not really doing it justice! We then made our way to the hole in the rock which was created over millions of years of erosion, and were lucky enough that the boat was able to pass directly through! On the ...
A Good First Impression
... of them; I'm slowly becoming convinced that dolphins might not just be poncy fish parading as mammals. The seals we saw were better though.
The boat then dropped us off at Russell, and gave us a free ticket for the ferry back to Paihia later in the day. Russell is an historic town which was initially New Zealand's capital city, and had a reputation as a pretty rough place where visiting whalers frequented its many brothels and pubs. Clearly, ...
The Blues Brothers fly
The next morning we picked up Hector. Hector was a Toyota van customised for living in, touring and generally seeing NZ. He was snug, to say the least but well kitted out. He also had dolphins painted on the side. The rental company, Escape, customises all it's vans that way, and we had actually seen a couple on the South Island. Our favourite being the one with Pacman on, but there was also Labyrinth (the film), a Sphinx, various birds and many ...
Bay of Islands... Bay of lost sunglasses
... suddenly a pod of bottle-nose dolphins were spotted moving out towards open sea, and so we were suddenly holding on tight as the boat zoomed over to see them, heading out into the deep blue. It was a really beautiful sight, and the dolphins played along side the boat jumping, somersaulting and swimming fast beside us. Sadly it was slightly marred by tinny American voices saying things like 'OMG! They're so pretty!!' and 'What majestic creatures! ...
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Scenic Hotel Bay Of Islands
Corner of Seaview Roads & McMurray Roads, Paihia | 4 star hotelfrom $83 -
Sea Spray Suites
138 Marsden Road, Paihia | 4 star hotelfrom $83 -
Kingsgate Hotel Autolodge Paihia
104 Marsden Road, Paihia | 3 star hotelfrom $103 -
Tanoa Paihia Hotel
5 Joyces Rd, Paihia | 3 star hotelfrom $52 -
Blue Pacific Apartments Paihia
166 Marsden Road, Paihia | 5 star hotelfrom $182 -
Edgewater Palms
8-10 Marsden Road, Paihia | 5 star hotelfrom $143 -
The Waterfront Suites
100 Marsden Road, Paihia | 5 star hotelfrom $121 -
Haruru Falls Resort
Old Wharf Road, Paihia | Hotelfrom $109 -
Anchorage Motel
2 Marsden Road, Paihia | 4 star hotelfrom $69 -
Falls Motel & Waterfront Campground
1 Old Wharf Road, Paihia | Hotelfrom $82 -
Yha Paihia
20 MacMurray Road, Paihia | 4 star hotelfrom $41 -
Absolute Bliss Apartments
24 Joyces Road, Paihia | Hotelfrom $99 -
Bridgewater Bay Apartments
3 Paihia Road, Paihia | Hotel -
Quality Hotel Autolodge Paihia
Marsden Road Paihia Northland 0200 Neuseeland, Paihia | 3 star hotel
