Bay of Islands Gateway Motel Paihia

... nothing I wasnt used to from paddling in Scotland:) It was a good paddle, and even paddling into headwinds and cross waves i kinda had to slow myself down from drifting ahead from the group!

But overall a good trip:) ....monkey enjoyed it too....
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Day 6...

A trip up north to Cape Reinga, with a tour round a Kauri forest on the way, the trees were amazingly big!! and it felt just like being in a tropical rainforest. Then, another 3hours away was the most ...

... the rock island) we spotted a whale and its calf which was amazing to see... we stayed about 45 minutes watching it surface and leave its footprint, it even did the whale tail flip for us! As if this wasn't enough we then spotted 2 dolphin pods on the way back in and stayed and watched them playing and swimming alongside us for a while!

Tomorrow I'm heading up to the very tip of the north island for a day trip then I'll be heading south again...

... and look fantastic. After a couple of hours we headed back to the hostel and took the bus to Auckland at 3pm. We arrived in Auckland at 7pm. J.P., Karen and me checked in. Karen went to meet her friends, J.P and me headed down to the Globe bar. I met Elka again, which was great, After saying goodbye to the group from Paihia, and chatting to Karen's friend Nadine I headed off to bed at 1:30am.

... hearts out, it must we the climate) so we went down and booked all our tours for the next couple of days. More on this later... But today we got the ferry to Russel, the first landing point for any Brit in NZ and once the capital of NZ. The boat trip over took half an hour and was a lovely sailing trip across the bay and reaching Russel is a sweetie; a very small seaside town with picket fence houses and a small bay with sailing boats. We went on one of the signposted walks and ...

... It was certainly a bit of a novelty. We stopped briefly at a nice lookout, that our driver claimed tour parties weren't meant to stop at. Feeling hungry, we were glad it was time to get to Mangonui for some apparently world famous fish and chips. We dropped the smaller bus off at a service station/wood carving shop and headed on to get our grub. It was certainly very tasty, but I somehow doubted that this was the best in the world. I mean, come on, England is the center for this surely!

... que el llac és més gran del que és. Construeixen moltes coses amb forespan com p** exemple el pont que atravessa el riu... També veiem on en Frodo i en Sam comenten que és el lloc més llunyŕ que han trepitjat en la seva vida, que si fa un pas més anirŕ a unes t**res desconegudes. Doncs, en comptes de s** a 6 dies de viatge desde Hobbiton, estŕ a només a uns 200m... jejeje... Les imatges que es veuen del "Party Tree" només són llunyanes, ja que en realitat és un pi i no ...

... by beautiful snowcapped mountains. En route to Westport we meet the team (and Rata the dog) from Buller Adventure Tours where you can experience the best value for money jet boating and horse treking in NZ. WESTPORT TO LAKE MAHINAPUA Today we head down the spectacular West Coast Road that stretches along the rugged Tasman shoreline. The road winds through diverse landscapes, which never cease to amaze both locals and visitors alike. Highlights ...

Off for the day to watch the highest level of national rugby (like the NHL in North American ice hockey). The Super 14 teams are 14 teams that come from NZ, Australia and South Africa. http://www.super14.com/teams/default.as p Tonight's game was the Waikato Chiefs vs. the ...

... for about an hour, and I swear there were about a thousand cows. It was ridiculous. We got to Hamilton and I was dropped off at a little house called J's Backpackers, since I still do not have a place to permanently stay (which is extremely stressful, more stressful than I had imagined). I would compare it to a bed and breakfast in the U.S. except you actually live in a room with other people. For example, I am sharing my room of 2 sets of bunk beds, with 2 ...

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