Tui Motel Paihia
16 Williams Street, Bay Of Islands Paihia, Bay of Islands, North Island, 710068, New Zealand
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Rain rain and more rain
I am writing this entry on the actual day. It has been pouring rain since I got up this morning – about 7:00 a.m. It is now 7:18 p.m. Needless to say, I did not go back to Russell. Or anywhere else for that matter. Neither did most other people, from what I could tell. Frank and Linda drove to Kerikeri only to find most everything closed. Probably because it's Sunday. So, I am now finishing up the blog – yeah – ...
Pretty Paihia
... worth it.
Then we headed to the beach for a quick swim..luckily by this point the sun had come out- however the sea was still freezing cold (quite a shock to the system!!). Finally we headed to Cape Reinga, the most northernly point of NZ, where the Pacific Ocean meets the Tasmin sea. Cape Reinga is a very spiritual place to the Maori people, therefore no food or drink are allowed. It was so breathtakingly beautiful! At the very tip there was a lighthouse, ...
Dolphins, dolphins, dolphins
Tues 15 – Thurs 17 November
LK: It is quite difficult to remember the names of the towns where we have stayed and passed through, let alone pronounce them properly. We rested our heads in Whangerei ('wh' is a soft ‘f’ sound in Maori) but where the whook we had travelled through before there, who knows? Wednesday morning we drove along some suspiciously quiet back roads to go to the cat sanctuary where the TV programme "Lion Man" is ...
Cape Reigna and another Twist of Plans
... was all for the fun, not the fame ;-)
After sandboarding, it was off to Taputaputa Beach for lunch. As I stepped off the bus, my legs were like jelly from my nonstop running up sand dunes. I was debating swimming or not, since it wasn't terribly hot and the water would be cold, but then I saw Spike running to the waves with a boogie board under his arm. Genius! I ran back to the bus, grabbed a board, called to Vera that I was going to play and ...
Day 133: the top
Still no news from Nakedbus, But I didn't come up here not to see the very top! I join Sophie on her tour with another company to Cape Reinga. It is raining, but as our driver sais: The sand dunes are faster in the rain for boogie boarding and the rain forest is all about rain anyways. We are determined to have fun! And we do! I went up the hill twice and Sophie three times to slide the 40 meters down into a sandy ...



