Anchorage Motel Whitianga

22 The Esplanade Whitianga, The Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

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A travel blog entry by lynnandkriss

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... were getting undressed and we didn’t want them to think we are the sort of people who collect photos of German gentlemen’s baggy extremities.

LK: I had decided that Coromandel Town looked a good bet for our overnight stop, they named the whole peninsula after it, for goodness sake. Hmmm. It had half a main street, consisting of two takeaways, a couple of pubs, two convenience stores, and gift shops displaying ghastly wares and frightening ...

Whitianga

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

... couple then rocked up and also asked us where to dig, so I invited them to simply dig an extension onto our pool (well, ours needed a bit of work at that end as the walls kept sagging and caving in)... Eventually there were six roasting bodies wallowing in the pool. It was a most relaxing way to pass the time – warm bath water, while watching the ocean not 20m away! Eventually the boys had to move on, and I stayed with the Dutch for a bit longer before feeling the need to ...

Coastal beauty

A travel blog entry by tutzauer

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... dropped off our luggage in the dorm house and went for a
quick stroll into the small city center. Apparently, New Zealand is
known for its “Hokey-Pokey Honeysuckle” ice cream flavor, so we
indulged ourselves and enjoyed a scoop. It was so delectable!


We walked along the beach back to our
hostel, hoping to meet some of our new roommates... to our surprise
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The Stunning Coromandel

A travel blog entry by lou_james

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... wine you can imagine, beautiful gourmet restaurants attached, and someone behind the cellar door that talks to you about flavours, smells and hints of this and that on the tongue...all very nice but actually we were normally just interested in the free booze!! We presumed this would be another similar place....again we presumed wrong! We have never seen a place or met a man so quirky the entire time we have been here. He was a British/Dutch Kiwi ...

Bone Carvers

A travel blog entry by katie-jenny2011

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... we would show it to the lady running the workshop, and she would bring you under the light to show you were all your mistakes were. Every time I thought I was finished, I would just pray, “please don’t take me under the light!” Nevertheless, I was brought to the light several times, sanded several more times, before I was allowed to enter the next phase…wet sanding! We used two different kinds of sand paper, this time for only 2 minutes each. Last but not least ...

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