Kerikeri Homestead Motel

... Ausflüge gemacht, da zwei Leute hi** ein Auto haben, können die uns imm** mitnehmen und wir teilen uns dann den Sprit. So haben wir schon das Hund**twass**klo in Kawakawa benutzt, echt abgefahren, waren in den Kawiti Glow Worm Caves und haben dort die leuchtenden Glühwürmchen in völlig** Dunkelheit beobachtet, die wie ein St**nenhimmel geleuchtet haben.

Um „Harry Pott** and the Half-Blood Prince“ im Kino zu sehen sind wir dann am Dienstag 87 km eine Strecke in die ...

... als die "Wiege der Nation" bezeichnet. In der Naehe befand sich ein kleiner Wasserfall, wo wir dann etwas zu Mittag gegessen haben. Etwas spaeter haben wir einen kleinen Campingplatz gefunden mit dem Namen "Gibby's Place". Uns gefiel er sofort und so checkten wir dort ein. Wir gingen dann zu Fuss zu einem Italiener, den wir beim vorbeifahren gesehen hatten. Der Abend war einfach toll, gutes Gespraech, tolles essen und ein Glass mit italienischem Wein...

... myself pulled over for speeding. For some reason I was completely confident that I wouldn't get a ticket, and it turns out I was right. The elderly officer heard my accent, saw my California driver's license and let me off with a warning. "Please comply with our country's laws," he said, shaking his head with grandfatherly disappointment. You know how it's always worse when your parents are disappointed in you than when they're ...

... with the tap (a sign of things to come unfortunately!) and an abortive drive down to the Treaty Grounds to try to find a bonfire (which resulted in a cab full of spilt red wine), we settled in for the night, ignoring the teenagers who'd parked up nearby for an intimate encounter. Unfortuately, the bed wasn't quite as straightforward as we'd been led to believe at the depot and so we agonised for a good fifteen minuted onn the physical ...

... experience checked off my list. I didn't really know what to expect and that's exactly what I got. I wasn't really nervous and, during our ascent, I was anxious to get there, to get this show on the road, so to speak. But when Pete popped that door and the cold air rushed into the tiny cabin and she, well, left; it was weird. But then Gavin scooted and we leapt and the Bay of Islands on the North Island of the island nation of New Zealand started rushing headlong at us ...

... firends, about six drinks to the good already (my night has also been improved by being given a free Domino's pizza by the bar man). The riddle therefore is how, when one has had free dinner and numerous free drinks, one manages to part company with the best part of 200 dollars? The answer was provided yesterday morning by one of the fearsomely hungover girls, who explained that I had been a model of generosity, throwing glasses of wine and shots of sambuca in the direction of ...

... more features. Still, it was impressive nonetheless. I made my way to Kerikeri down Highway 10, passing incredible sights as I drove past a huge forest with large cliff faces. Once I got to Kerikeri, I found the Hertz place, they were closed so I wrote down the number and went and found a motel for the night. The lady on reception, Sonja, was really welcoming and lovely to me. As I was checking in, an American lady came in with her laptop. She was having trouble ...

... pancakes they sell there. Very excited!!!! I hope to set up my first farmstay at an organic farm that sells at the farmers market while we are there. Emma WOOFed there before and is going to introduce me. After the market we are going to an island managed by the Dept of Conservation where Emma's friend works. There we will kayak, have a picnic, and look for kiwis at sundown. After a few days ...

... cheaply from Lush so she was a happy bunny. We'd bought wine and food and over the two days we were there we had a great time. We spent our wedding anniversary mostly in the hot-tub drinking lovely Sauvignon Blancs from the Marlborough region of New Zealand, but not before a stroll into Russell, which was very quaint for New Zealand - Russell was the first colony in the country when the British forst came here and it is also the setting for the peace treaties ...

... tie the hubcaps on their cars, all to soon we will soon find out why. Taking everyone's advice we decide to rent a GPS, advice that I will be eternally grateful for. My task is to program the GPS while Al figures out all the bells and whistles on the car. Where are those turn signals, why on the opposite side of the steering wheel of course. The GPS comes with NO instructions but I manage to get our first destination programmed and off ...