Kingsgate Hotel Autolodge Kke Paihia

... 30 mins drive from the last pub in NZ though so maybe that's why not many people want to live up there ;) The highway we took to get there isn't tarmaced all the way so it was proper off road:the coach was actually a truck made to look like a coach. Crazy times. There's only like 2 motorways in NZ: with only 2 lanes. No queues either! Beat that M5. On the way to the Cape we stopped off at the Puketi Kauri Forest. Kauri is a type of tree native to NZ ...

... in past trips. We don't see any. But the tour is pretty special - the islands and scen**y are wond**ful. Back at the fantastically laid out hostel - Saltwat** Lodge - we're in a room with one oth** guy who is in situe - and English fella called Dave. Appears to be around my age - so all good. We eat posh dinn** in a restaurant / Aquarium - weird I know - but mucho delicious (I had a moroccan chicken tagine) and then we're whipped off to a ...

... bum as the bed was barely a single! ahh! Got TV in room though which made up for it! Hel snuck into the other dorm with the girls at night so all ended up well!! Decided to rent a bike but as got there the heavens opened!! Typical, managed to play frisbee on the beach which we have found out is not our sport!! Took a walk along the coast, we are trying to get fit as we are nearly in bikinis again and of course for L.A! Went to the point in NZ ...

... below; · While the larvae live for 9 months the adults only survive for 5 days (because they have no mouths and/or digestive track - not so smart) and their only purpose as an adult is to mate (okay, sounds better) and make more glowing larvae. "So, their only reason for existing is to reproduce?" was the question posed to the guide. "No, they only exist to bring in tourist dollars"...a little funnier, I guess; · The larvae only need to eat three ...

... one would know he had gone on the tour). Half an hour later our bus arrived, and we headed to Hobbiton. Along the way, we learned about how it came to be the set for Hobbiton. It is a large farm (1250 acres) owned by 4 brothers. Apparently, Peter Jackson discovered it while flying over looking for sites. One day the brothers were watching rugby on tv when a man knocked on the door and said he was from New Line cinema and ...

... dining hall here is quite different than the ones at home. There is only one line, and there are 2 options for a main food for your meal. Ones vegetarian and one's not. You can't get seconds. Then there is just a few random sides that you can eat like pasta salad, potatoes, salad, and veggies. You can get as much as you want of that. Then at every meal they save us by having bread, peanut butter, and jam out so all the ...

... s cow based. Kirsty, having recently returned to the carnivorous fold and still not much of a fan of lamb, was not at all impressed with the sausages. Jacob, although finding them edible, was rather disappointed. Neither of us had much time for the black pudding. The brown sauce...well, it wasn't HP, so we only have ourselves to blame. Whilst Jacob had been frying, he had had an audience. A small, collie shaped audience, which had sat, looking wistful and occasionally ...

... an old white mansion that sat on a small hill overlooking the vines. The wine was delicious. They were famous for their c******nay. I sampled quite a few and had a hard time picking my favorite. The next one we went to was called Church road winery. It was not as picturesque as the first but the wine was still really good. After that, Greg dropped my off so that I could catch my late afternoon bus.

... br><br>Op zaterdag ben ik op een tour gegaan naar de meest zuidelijke tip van NZ: Cape Reinga en naar het langste strand van NZ: 90 mile beach. 90 mile beach is eigenlijk 64 miles lang, maar ooit, heel, heel vroeger, was er een boerenvrouw die met haar vee van de ene kant van het strand naar de andere kant liep, waar de veemarkt was. Zij gokte dat haar vee de gemiddelde snelheid had van 30 mile per dag en ze deed er 3 dagen over, dus het strand moest wel 90 miles lang zijn. <br>Het is ...