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The Retreat Paihia

Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand

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Cape Brett Walk

A travel blog entry by karin52746

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... aber bereits mit der ersten von vielen fantastischen Aussichten belohnt. Natürlich musste auch gleich das erste Gruppenfoto her, da wir alle noch mehr oder we***** frisch aussahen :-)

Während der folgenden Stunden gings buchstäblich dauernd ziemlich deftig auf und ab. Angeblich sind es sieben Gipfel bis zum Ende der Landzung (Cape Brett) und dem davorliegenden, berühmten Hole-in-the-rock. Nach dem dritten, steilen ...

Paihia

A travel blog entry by nadiav

Firs of all I want to appologise for my English.As you all know I write as a read and sometimes use words which do not eist :-)...GOOD LUCK READING IT !
It is Saturedey the 19/11/11 and our big adventure begins...well with bit of delay.Our ,,Magic Bus,, driver Sue showed up two hours later with an explanation,, I could not find the bus,,.This is great...this wes only the begening and when I say begening I ...

Cape Reigna and another Twist of Plans

A travel blog entry by alicia.

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... sat for a quick safety chat, then Spike took of running up the dune. A few guys took off after him, then Vera did, so I joined in too, stopping at the base of the dune to conserve energy. Spike and some of my friends had warned us of how difficult the climb was. Spike, at 40-something, beat all of us youngsters to the top by far. I tramped on and passed all but one guy at the top. Spike was waiting for us, ready to go, as we came panting and sweating over ...

Paihia, Bay of Islands

A travel blog entry by peteyoung

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... getting back to the hostel we chilled out for a bit and headed down to a BBQ organised by the staff; steak, potatoes, pasta, salad... and a few drinks. Drinks were stupidly cheap (partly because I was comparing prices to Australia) so it got packed with locals which always makes for a good atmosphere. Needless to say I ended up drunk, along with everybody else! The 3 of us got chatting to two girls who'd been working in the area and soon after Amanda had decided ...

Willkommen auf Paradiese Islands (DOC)

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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Meine Berichterstattung von heute ist heute ein wenig anders. Denn Heute war für mich ein ganz besonderer Tag. Nun gut.

Ihr seht mich nun auf folgendem Bild. Doch alles was dahinter steckt ist einfach DAS wofür Neuseeland steht und was ich mir von Neuseeland erhofft habe.

Auf diesem Bild dachte ich mir: „Wie bist du nur hier gelandet?" So ließ ich meine Gedanken schweifen und fand meine Antwort.

Alles fing mit meiner Reise ...