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Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [705]
We arrived at our next hostel with some hope that it was nice, as it has been recommended on a few occasions; but even we were not expecting this! The Hostel was a 5th generation farm, the ‘villa’ which we had a double room was built by the owners Great ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [577]
Paihia is a small place on the East coast of the Northland area of NZ, a place we would’ve liked to have spent more time at; loads of trips and things to see. We arrived about midday, put our steaks away and headed down the short walk into town; we explored ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [608]
We have now booked our way right through to 1st January 2008 so we have no room for change of plans, sorry to say; but we can always return to a place if we like it. Omapere is possibly one of those places, the drive over took us right past Waipoua ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [566]
We have made a decision to skip Auckland until we are closer to leaving New Zealand, so for this reason we are heading straight through on our way to Orewa North; we arrived on a very windy and rainy day. Tide full in so no Kite buggy for Andy, wind ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [738]
Our hostel, Black Jacks was again a great place; only a 50 mtr’ walk from the sea and only a 100 mtr’ walk away from the BEST Ice Cream ever (more of that later) Taking the new advice from our Hostel host, we went back down to the Hot water beach to ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By em-and-andy | Views [715]
That next overnight stop was in a small hostel 10 km south of KatiKati, first stopping over to have a look at Mt Maunganui. Katikati being a small town which is known as the ‘Mural Town’ as it has 41 hand painted Murals dotted all around its main road, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By boomersontheroad | Views [1263]
JEFF: We hate to say goodbye to our wonderful friends, Bob and Joan, but adventure calls. We’ll spend the next three days canoeing the Whanganui River. “That’s pronounced ‘Fanganui’. All Maori names that start with ‘wh’ are pronounced ‘fa’,” our outfitter ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By boomersontheroad | Views [766]
JEFF: We rise early, pack the tent and speed south. We’re heading to Lake Rotorua and the town of the same name which literally is New Zealand’s hot spot. There are geysers and boiling pots everywhere. Even our motorcamp has one. “And we have heated ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By boomersontheroad | Views [661]
JEFF: The Dutch couple and ourselves have been waiting for nearly an hour. What began as an animated interchange between travellers has degraded into a desultory series of remarks as we wait for the overdue tour bus. Finally a brightly painted bus ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 | By boomersontheroad | Views [770]
JEFF: It’s great to take a break. Whether it’s from the daily routines of work or an active retirement, new places and faces enliven the body and renew the spirit. We have only three weeks free so visiting an island nation like New Zealand makes sense.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By elawlor | Views [587] | Comments [1]
I worked in a movie theatre again this fall and saw quite a few movies. One of my favorites was Into the Wild. I found myself, once again, eager to add more experiences to my life. One of the songs from the movie resonated with me and I'd like to ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By rahana_smith | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 26 Dec 2007 | By lisa-harber | Views [1074] | Comments [1]
Thought I would show you a little of what we got up to on our surreal christmas day, we made sure that it was as traditional as possible by cooking a yummy christmas dinner! We also went for a very sunny bike ride, even managing to get a wee bit sunburned, ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
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