Una United

Trip Start Feb 13, 2008
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Trip End Apr 05, 2008


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Friday, March 21, 2008

After an uneventful flight, we made our way to United to pick up the new van - she was a beauty - a Fiat Ducato and so quiet, we could hear ourselves speak as we drove along, which was nigh impossible in Carole. Everything about Una was better - decor, bedding, we even had an electric toaster and kettle and they gave us a bottle of wine as well.    We drove straight away to the Bay of Islands, staying on a nice site at Kerikeri for three nights.
There is the oldest stone house there, built around 1835 and had we had our National Trust cards with us, we could have used them there and also at the Mission House,   both interesting buildings.We also went to Rewas Village - an old  Mauri settlement, all three places on the Kerikeri inlet.

We then went to Piahai and met Pauline and Graham again. They had come from Rotoroa.     It was a beautiful day and we took the ferry to Russell, an old colonial town across the bay.The houses and police station looked very picturesque and we enjoyed a meal in the Duke of Marlborough and watched the sun setting over hills and the water.It was idyllic.
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