Motel Russell

... don't see everyday so diverse sponges, nudibranches, tambjas, eagle ray, scorpionfish, mados, grey moray, blue maomaos, sandager's wrasses and many others. Visibility was over 40m, extraordinary. <br>Digesting the beauty I'd seen I moved through Auckland to Coromandel peninsula. <br><br>Day 6 <br> Having driven till 3 in the morning last night my day started a bit late. Coastal route brought me to ...

... body surfing" down the huge sand dunes on boogie boards. You lie on the board, point down hill and hope for the best. If your lucky you stay on the board and clear the dry sand to come to a graceful stop on the wet stuff. Not sure it matters as sand is sand and it still gets everywhere, wet or dry : o ( We had a day out sailing with Glen the skipper of She's a Lady, a fine yaucht that took us around the islands and stopped at one for lunch and ...

Am Freitagmorgen gings dann los Richtung Paihia an der Ostkueste. Eine Bustour durch Neuseeland ist daher sehr interressant, weil man da jeden Tag neue leute kennen lernt und der busfahrer einem was ueber das Land und seine Geschichten etwas erzaehlt. Wie zum Beispiel folgende: Als wir durch einen kleinen Ort durchgefahren sind erzaehlte er uns, dass da die Polizei mit dem Hubschrauber und ...

... it into art, culture and history. the first stop was at Kawakawa to view the toilet block, with its ceramic columns, garden roof and curving, colourful exuberance (or that's what the information leaflet says, anyway) - and they are spectacular, particularly on a rainy grey day. It takes a while to realise that the tree coming out of the rool isn't planted on top ot it after all, but that the block has been built ...

* Went on day sail with 'on the edge NZ' * Only 3 guys from UK, a older couple and me on boat - sweet (in season can be 40+) * It was overcast and windy! * Very fast sailing boat, catamaran bit like in waterworld (**** movie, great boat!) * BBQ lunch, had smoked chicken - yummy! * Went sea kayaking for bit after lunch to explore the bay we were anchored in. * Then we (not the older couple) took turns in holding on to a rubber ring and being ...

Para quien nos maldicio en el capitulo de Polinesia... aqui es invierno: hace frio y llueve. Pero hay que moverse y no perder la ilusion (mas frio pasamos en Uyuni) y nos fuimos con una excursion organizada al lejano norte, como aqui lo llaman. Y seguimos en estado de shock: un bus limpio, sin ovejas ni cholitas, sin vendedores. Unos guias conductores que te van informando por micro de todo lo que ves y de cada minuto organizado de la excursion y que nos ...

... Finally we touch down and both were ready to do it again, unfortunatly the cost did not quite although that! After a beer to congratulate ourselves it was back into the car and we made our way back to the old hotel. The night panned out much as those before, although an earlier night was had by all of us as tiredness had crept up from all the excitment of the past few days. The following morning was a typical Sunday morning which was so nice to experience again, a lazy morning, an ...

... canvas, although this was disturbed by a group of backpackers having a loud party in the pool, playing very loud rubbish music until their laptop (!) was confiscated. We then realised that the music was at least masking their irritating drunken shouting!! &gt;:( Not happy!

... least talented magician the world has ever known used to say, "every second counts". <br><br>As soon as we moored in the bay next to another sail boat...<br><br><br><br>...Mike's daughter prepared the motor dinghy and we were taken to the mainland in three trips. <br><br>Two people were able to kayak over to dry land and ...