Anchorage Hotel Paihia
2 Marsden Road Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island, 710016, New Zealand
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Cape Brett Walk
... our backpacks on yet another peak and a sunscreen-refresher (yes, it was sunny and hot for once!), we continued with renewed strength and reached the lighthouse at the end of our hike a good four hours later. Despite the cold water temperature (we guessed at 17 degrees) we jumped into the see right away!
On the water-taxi ride back to our starting point we got the opportunity to enjoy a great seaside view of our amazing ...
Paihia
... hour late and she was full of surprises.The surprises were visiting plases which were not in our intinary and not visiting the ones wchich were ther. What a nice lady-NOT! We managed to see Opononi (sand dunes) and Waipoua Forest with giant Kauri tree...than back to Auckland. We think Sue was so helpful and the best magic bus driver...she is one of a kind and we made sure they know it in the Magic bus office....
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The Bay of Islands!
... stuff, playing in the water,swimming under the boat, following the boat, leaping into the air, all the stuff you see on TV but it was just amazing to see them in the flesh, they are incredible creatures...and huge too!!
We then headed out to the outer part of the bay of islands,the ship captain took us through a m************ in the rock and then dropped us off on an ...
Cape Reigna and another Twist of Plans
... I wasn't going that fast, so I just popped off onto my stomach - a soft landing and just a little sand in my teeth. Calling that last run a reasonable success, I decided to call it quits for the day. But then Vera turned up with my camera, having gotten both of ours from the bus. Spike had been filming people as they went down, so I hiked back up the steep slope with my camera for a fifth run, only to see Spike go flying down the slope as I was halfway ...
Toilettenlehren im Paradies (DOC)
... Nach einer kurzen Einführung von Dave wusste ich dann was es damit auf sich hatte.
Erklärung: Viele Touristen besuchen die Insel mit einem Kajak. Wenn sie nun den Drang haben sich zu erleichtern, gehen sie auf spezielle Komposttoiletten („Mach dein Geschäft und schütte Laubblätter drauf. Fertig!“).
Diese Toiletten werden einmal im Jahr vom DOC gesäubert. Meine Aufgabe war es nun, die von Dave vollgeschüttete Schubkarre mit AA und Pipi ...



