Ocean Sands Motel
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Live the moment
... gehn, es war KALT, sehr kalt!!!!! wir sind also los, zu fünft. in letzter sekunde entschieden christina und ich uns dazu auch mit baden zu gehn und es war genial, es war so spontan aber echt klasse, schreiend haben wir uns in die kalten wellen gestürzt! eine einzigartige aktion! und die warme dusche danach war auch top! schade nur dass wir kein video gemacht haben ...
Day 42
... loud as they could. They didn't do a thing to quieten the child, no games or taking her for a walk, complete *****. A lady with a child the same age beside us had all sorts of games and movies for her wee one when she was awake. Arrrrghhh. Then after breakfast to cap it of I tipped a nice hot cup of coffee on my nice cream pants, plonker. A long hard flight and was so happy to finally land at Auckland. But wait there's more. The wait for NZ passport holders ...
Back to Reality
... we would like to be starting this trip all over again, but it is back to reality as there is work to be done at home on the orchard now.
Our first part of the trip in northern Italy was a real treat. The scenery, hotel, food, and train trip to Lucarno from Stresa, were all wonderful. Lake Bled in Slovenia was a highlight of our trip, This was a very relaxing ...
Mount Maunganui
... a fairly young Englishman, been here 15 years, got cancer, his wife got cancer and not working etc - I went all gooey again!! This time i didn't buy anything after all that lol (only cos I only liked the large-format canvas prints and they are too big to transport) I did say I would buy online though....one day)
That was it for the day cos I then started feeling unwell - a cold was coming! Now, the cold hasn't amounted to much, though it's still hanging around, I think ...
Into Auckland and the Coromandel
... off before the first Alpine style ascent of the trip. The road climbed up 400m in 4km (that's pretty steep) with an untold number of switchbacks before hitting the top of the hill and being rewarded with an awesome view back across the water and down the western edge of the peninsular. Rest of the day was spent following the coast, a few more up and downs and eventually into Hahei, another Marine reserve that promised to make up for Goat Island.
Day 23. Starting to ...
Location
Other places to stay in Tauranga
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Trinity Wharf Tauranga
51 Dive Crescent, Tauranga | 4 star hotelfrom $115 -
Hotel Armitage
9 Willow St. ( Cnr. Willow And Park Streets), Tauranga | 3 star hotelfrom $95 -
Hotel On Devonport
72 Devonport Road, Tauranga | Hotelfrom $132 -
Summit Motor Lodge
213 Waihi Road, Tauranga | Hotelfrom $102 -
Bethlehem Motor Inn and Conference Venue
176 Moffat Road, Tauranga | Hotelfrom $120 -
Quest Tauranga
6 Durham Street, Tauranga | Hotelfrom $117 -
Pacific Coast Backpackers Lodge
432 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui 3002, Tauranga | Hotelfrom $29 -
Puerta del Sol
214 Ocean Beach Road, Tauranga | Hotel -
Thornton Lodge
171 Oceanbeach Road, Tauranga | Hotel -
Flag Inn Donhur Motor Inn
126 Waihi Road, Tauranga | Hotel -
Sunhaven Motel
1011 Cameron Road, Tauranga | Hotel -
Redwood Motel
72 Fraser Street, Tauranga | Hotel -
City Suites
32 Cameron Road, Tauranga | Hotelfrom $104 -
Ridge Country Retreat
300 Rocky Cutting Rd, RD 5, Tauranga | Hotel
