Finally I have a new camera... yeah! The newest Sony CyberShot.... perfect! It was a great deal since it was tax free and really cheap! I may say, that a lot of things are really cheap here - except some food - but like a latte is half the price as it is in Euro! Way to go!
For the weekend we had gone up to the Bay of Islands... beautiful beautiful... when it's sunny outside. We thought about hanging out on the beaches and do some snorkeling with the dolphins up there Well, no chance! Since we left Auckland on Saturday morning it oured down rain, the sun wouldn' t even come out at all! How frustrating! We were sitting there in Paihia and of course, there was nothing happening .. nothing, zero, nada! At night, the whole place was just empty! Oh well, so we sat there in this nice bar while it poured down rain with gusty winds! The night was also pretty interesting, since our room jined the kitchen and those three English girls were chatting at the top of their lungs.... really wolrd chaning stuff, I might say.
Yeah!! So, of course, no doplhin swimming today, since the sea was so rought, they wouldn' t let you into the water. And just dolphin viewing.... well, no thanks, I have seen enough doplins already. but never swam with them! :-( Fortunately this has been the first two days with typical NZ weather! Today in the morning we drove up to the Mermorial of the Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace ship which was shot at in the harbor of Auckland. What a o\picturesque bay it was... would have been even better if it was not that stormy outside and a bit of light would have been a treat. There is not much to do up there, when it's raining, everything happens on the sea! So, we drove back to Auckland. Right now we are in a big internet cafe which looking around might as well be in the middle of Tokyo ... only Asian people around... pretty interesting... We have finally crossed the 4000 km margin with our car today...wow! Two days to go!! How sad is that!
Where I stayed:
Pickeled Parrot
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