4/8/18
After breakfast I body-surfed in the rather warm ocean by our campsite. We went back to Cape Reinga where in the brighter sun, we could better see the line in the ocean where the Tasman Sea collides with the Pacific Ocean.
We then went to Te Paki, which has monstrous sand dunes. We rented sand boards to slide down the dunes. We did some intensely fast, steep, and long runs. So much fun! And kinda scary at the high speeds. There were so many huge dunes! Really cool. We Then went to Exhibition bay, which had beautiful water and pure white sand dunes across the bay. After that, we went swimming and body surfing at Rarawa beach, a famous pure white sand beach. We camped on the beach of Doubtless Bay where we watched a nice sunset.
4/9/18
Saw the sunrise from our campsite, then drove up a bit on the Karikari peninsula. We then drove to Paihia, part of the Bay of Islands. We walked around the touristy town for a bit, then hiked up to a viewpoint. In the afternoon, we took a Catamaran cruise through the beautiful water of the bay of islands. We saw lots of bottlenose dolphins enroute, playing under the bow of the ship. Also some fur seals. We went out to a point where there is a hole in the rocks. It's barely big enough for the the ship, but we went right through!! In the late afternoon, we took a ferry to Russel, which was the first British settlement, then a whaling station, and at one point known as the "hellhole of the South Pacific" because of its debauchery. That evening we had fish and chips and Indian food and camped by an estuary and fancy bridge in Whangarei.
4/10/18
Woke up to sunrise over the estuary. We took a shower at the local community pool and laundry in town. We hit up the $2 sundae special at one of the gas stations and then headed to Auckland. We packed our stuff up in a park. We were then on hold for a super long time with air new zealand, trying to confirm a change we saw in an email. It was stormy and crazy windy! Trees were being blown down as we drove around. We eventually just went to the airport to check in with ANZ. In the end it was nothing. We stayed up pretty late and camped on an airport industrial park road.
4/11/18
It was pouring rain in the morning. We called for a taxi to pick us up at our campervan drop off point. A taxi came in and we got on. It took us to the airport, but was way more expensive than we'd been told on the phone. Turns out that it was the wrong taxi and was some fancy corporate one. What are the odds 2 calls to the same place would come in at once. The poor taxi guy got in trouble for it.
At the airport we caught our flight to Faa'a, Tahiti
After breakfast I body-surfed in the rather warm ocean by our campsite. We went back to Cape Reinga where in the brighter sun, we could better see the line in the ocean where the Tasman Sea collides with the Pacific Ocean.
We then went to Te Paki, which has monstrous sand dunes. We rented sand boards to slide down the dunes. We did some intensely fast, steep, and long runs. So much fun! And kinda scary at the high speeds. There were so many huge dunes! Really cool. We Then went to Exhibition bay, which had beautiful water and pure white sand dunes across the bay. After that, we went swimming and body surfing at Rarawa beach, a famous pure white sand beach. We camped on the beach of Doubtless Bay where we watched a nice sunset.
4/9/18
Saw the sunrise from our campsite, then drove up a bit on the Karikari peninsula. We then drove to Paihia, part of the Bay of Islands. We walked around the touristy town for a bit, then hiked up to a viewpoint. In the afternoon, we took a Catamaran cruise through the beautiful water of the bay of islands. We saw lots of bottlenose dolphins enroute, playing under the bow of the ship. Also some fur seals. We went out to a point where there is a hole in the rocks. It's barely big enough for the the ship, but we went right through!! In the late afternoon, we took a ferry to Russel, which was the first British settlement, then a whaling station, and at one point known as the "hellhole of the South Pacific" because of its debauchery. That evening we had fish and chips and Indian food and camped by an estuary and fancy bridge in Whangarei.
4/10/18
Woke up to sunrise over the estuary. We took a shower at the local community pool and laundry in town. We hit up the $2 sundae special at one of the gas stations and then headed to Auckland. We packed our stuff up in a park. We were then on hold for a super long time with air new zealand, trying to confirm a change we saw in an email. It was stormy and crazy windy! Trees were being blown down as we drove around. We eventually just went to the airport to check in with ANZ. In the end it was nothing. We stayed up pretty late and camped on an airport industrial park road.
4/11/18
It was pouring rain in the morning. We called for a taxi to pick us up at our campervan drop off point. A taxi came in and we got on. It took us to the airport, but was way more expensive than we'd been told on the phone. Turns out that it was the wrong taxi and was some fancy corporate one. What are the odds 2 calls to the same place would come in at once. The poor taxi guy got in trouble for it.
At the airport we caught our flight to Faa'a, Tahiti
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