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Hot Water & Mighty Mussels
... a nautical theme (again with the creative NZ hostels). This place was pretty flash for a hostel accommodation- it had a pool, hot tub, and (what drew Matt to it) its own gold mine and glow worm cave. In this part of New Zealand, the towns are former gold rush spots. There are abandoned gold mines all over (no joke, we stopped in one town- to steal wi-fi- whose claim to fame was “the biggest mining pit in the NZ.” It looked like a nuclear bomb hit the ...
Cruzin the Coradandel
... were back to the tent but this time we had a real kitchen to cook in. We made pasta yet again and chatted to a guy who had just cycled what we had found painful to drive. That night we discovered the tent wasnt wholly waterproof.
All in all though the scenery has been stunning and Gandalf had done well. It was well worth the trip. Next stop Eastern Beach in Auckland, and it really does look like the rain is going to stop soon.
By Eilidh
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Car Troubles and Railway Tracks
... amount of the insurance again and we also do not want to change the car. We start discussing and arguing and the guy tells us that we have to wait for the manager. A couple of minutes later he comes back and tells us that the windscreen will be repaired free of charge and that we shall come back 3 hours later. So we are very happy that this "story" comes to a good end. I use the time to make a ferry trip in the Waitemata Harbor. When we return to the car ...
The Coromandel Peninsula
... divine!
My next excursion lead me to the famous Cathedral Cove Beach. One of the key scenes in the movie "Narnia" was taken there. I hiked from Hahei beach via loads of ups and downs into every bay, awaiting this beautiful, secluded, white sand beach with its majestic rocks. Well, they were there. But it was basically flooded with tourists. After the initial disappointment I easily managed to blank them out and thanks to the chilly water (only ...
Day 3
On Monday, after a mussel pie for breakfast, Vera and I drove Road 309 across the peninsula. This meant we'd be missing our favorite beach, but with cloudy, cooler weather, there was no point in a beach day anyway. We were headed for a waterfall iSite lady had told us about. On the way, we were forced to stop by a bunch of little piglets in the road. We had found Stweart's Pigs. Stewart is just a guy who likes animals, so he has heaps of them - something ...
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