Kingsgate Hotel Autolodge Kke Paihia

... moment really rainy, then windy, then sunny and hot, then really, really cold. We probably haven't packed the right kinda clothes because we didn't actually expect it to be this cold, but I think we spend a good amount of time each day taking jumpers off, putting them on, getting jackets out etc. With the random hole in the ozone it's really easy to burn too, which is weird!

...Anyway, back to Cape R. We passed a house on the ...

... of these sort of things I knew he must be pretty hurt so I ran down the dune to him. After a few minutes though he was totally fine and raring to go again so I took his and Emma's cameras and the two of them headed back up the dunes. After about half an hour or so we all boarded the bus again. Some people were soaked from head to toe as they had landed in the small river at the bottom of the dunes. The bus was covered in sand. We headed off for the beach then on the other side of the ...

... a genteel tourist town complete with 1840's church,hotel and museum. Returning to Paihia an evening swim works up an appetite for some fresh takeaway fish and chips. Day 2 sees us exploring Waitangi Treaty Grounds - a laarge acreage on a grassy headland overlooking the Bay of Islands. Here the British Resident James Busby and 13 Maori chiefs in 1840 signed the Treaty of Waitangi which deeded all Maori lands (all of NZ to the British ...

... in their nine months of existence; · The digested food eaten by the larvae combines with its fluids to give off its luminescent glow; "Think of it as glowing maggot poo"...this joke hit the mother lode with the kids. The glow worm cave was fascinating, but also at this location we toured the huge Ruakuri Cave system. This was probably even more impressive, with its stalactites, stalagmites, glow worms, and weird cave formations. And, as part of the ...

... definitely recommend a visit to others. Then we drove to the Waitomo Glowworm caves. It is a pretty big cave but was flooded so we could only go so far in the boat. I did enjoy the cave it was very pretty but you can't take your own photos and they didn't tell you until after you had paid and got in there that it was restricted due to the flooding. I think I would like to go back and see the other caves and possibly do the black water rafting but I ...

... kid belongs here, not in montclair, nj. 7. The "timetable" (schedule) I recevied when I first got here with my 4 "lectures" (classes) on it is a huge liar. I thought my schedule was pretty awesome, one class on monday, 3 on tues and wed, one on thursday, nothing on friday. HOWEVER, I soon learned that in addition to 2 lectures you have a week, you also have to sign up and attend a tutorial every week that goes over ...

... reply: Back on earth there's a woman who's wishing An ordinary man was sitting in the kitchen Drinking her coffee after loving her all night long. Back on earth there's a blond haired baby Who's old enough to tell me all the ways she's Needing a daddy and wondering when he's coming home. And I'm out in space here wondering if it's worth Everything I'm missing back on earth. But I played the ...

We arrived in Hamilton after our day's surfing in flying form. it was time time to celebrate Conor's birthday with a night out on the town. We checked into Mohammed Ali's hostel, which it must be said was very nice...We cleaned ourselves up, Craigo attempted to have a power nap and we headed out for dinner. Hamilton is a fairly large city in comparison to the Raglan towns of the world so it was a good place to party on down (boogie if you will)!!We ...

Northland is situated , well you guessed it North of Auckland. We chose to travel here first because it close to Auckland and I had heard that it was one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand, especially at this time of year - when everywhere is else is starting to get cold Northland is still temperate and nice, so a good place to start really. As I said in my last entry I was going to be getting around using the Magic Bus network, so at stupid o'clock on the morning of ...