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Paihia and Russell
We got up in the morning like every morning and left after breakfast to Paihia, a place more east and on the waterside. It's a nice place for a holiday but very touristic. We went there to an information centre and booked a trip to the "Hole in the Rock" at Cape Brett for the next day. After having a coffe we left to see the Haruru Falls and had a …
Dolphins
... sunny and we did see Dolphins - very lucky as we were the first group that week to see those elusive creatures.
When we got up to cape brett we saw the hole in the rock and we went right up to the entrance. Unfortunately, the swell was far too dangerous for us to go through, so our lovely skipper took us around to the other side and backed us in a bit so we could see the formation on the inside of the tunnel.
We also went out to Russel ...
An Eventful Journey upto Paihia
... a couple of beers in the sun to celebrate the end of another working week. I eventually collected my passport in the nick of time, had a quick glance at my new glossy full page visa, and then set off on another accelerated walk/jog to the other end of town in order to catch my 18:00 bus northwards to Paihia where I would spent the night. Thankfully I stumbled into the central bus terminal at 17:45 and boarded my bus no problems, safe in the knowledge that ...
Out on the Bay
... on. Of course, it is Monday here and television coverage started at 2 pm. But we managed to catch the last hour or so. To celebrate we had caramel macadamia nut poporn and Bundaberg ginger beer. I was sorry that War Horse didn't win as that was my favorite movie by far. After the Oscars we headed down to the RSA lub for dinner. The RSA is like our Legion, a club for retired servicemen and women. We had an excellent meal ...
Bay of Islands, Added Port
... we didn’t go there. Needless to say, he was glad to finally join the ship today. His show was very good; an instrumental tribute to many great composers, including some that he wrote.
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