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Good Evening Paihia
We arrived at our final destination and home for the next three nights, Paihia. Driving down through town at approximately 6.15pm, the beauty of the Bay of Islands were still breathtaking, even in the fading light of day. Paihia has three sandy beaches sheltered by rocky islets and is a very popular and vibrant holiday destination.
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A great first day with my new group
... intellectual and we both have so much in common which adds to our friendship. Once we had arrived at the accommodation in the Bay of Islands, Paihia, I went for a shower to freshen up and then got my head down for a few hours. Once I woke up I felt slightly better, but not completely, but joined everyone else up on the level above where they were all drinking before we left for dinner. We went to dine at this beautiful place that was in ...
Holidays
... Auckland War Memorial Museum. I have never seen a Museum of that size. It was amazing and so much information, too much for almost three hours. I had only seen the first floor and a bit of the second and there are three floors. I took much photos of the Maori department, for example of a community house, a warehouse and of an old war canoe. Some pictures of them you can see below ;) The figures out of wood are really cool and a bit strange, too. Many of ...
A Good First Impression
... of lembas bread), and then we were off to the north.
Our first stop was at a little museum in the small town of Waipo, which provided a thorough, if rather specific, story of the Scottish settlers who arrived there after attempting to first settle in Nova Scotia, then Australia. We learnt about one such settler, the first woman driver in the area, who insisted that male drivers always gave her right of way on narrow roads, even if they had to reverse half a mile ...
Bye bye Bay of Islands
... What a cute little town with colonial style houses and a nice Hotel where we had coffee and saw the sunset.
The next day we went up to Kerikeri, another nice little town and further up driving the tourist route of Maurangi Bay. When you go to Paihia over night, stay at Seabeds, the best hostel I have ever been to. so clean, affordable and with nice furniture and no bunk beds.
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