After
ParaParaumu we had a seven hour bus journey north to Rotorua. That
night we wanted to just take it easy and rest so we treated ourselves
to pizza and watched a film in bed. We stayed here for two nights but
didn't really manage to do much sight seeing or activities as it was
raining the whole time, it was also nice to just relax a bit more.
After
Rotorua we got a bus (another seven hours) north to Paihia, The Bay
of Islands with a transfer at Auckland. Paihia is located near the
top of the east cost of the North Island and we stayed here for three
nights. On the first day/night we pretty much done as we did in
Rotorua also the rain followed us for the whole coach journey and
didn't stop so we were in no rush to get out.
Speaking
of which, when we were on the bus approaching Auckland to get our
transfer the bus stopped as the windscreen wipers stopped working,
the driver couldn't see a thing out of his window and we sat under a
bridge as he tried to fix the problem. He ended up ringing the
company to say he will be delayed and will have for wait for the rain
to stop, I think they refused and told him to just drive on and
that's what he did. There we were on a busy motorway, it was heavily
pouring with rain and we are driving with no wind screen wipers. The
driver had his face pretty much squished to the screen just so he
could see. Luckily we got there and only 20 minutes late to catch our
transfer to Paihia.
The
next day we had 'The Hole in the Rock Cruise' which we booked a few
day prior using our Flexi bus pass. We booked the cruise for 1:30,
when we showed up it was very busy, we guesstimate at least 100
people and the boat didn't look big enough. We wondered how we were
going to see anything, luckily all was fine and we got to see
dolphins in the wild, the famous 'Hole in the Rock' and stop off at
one of the islands for lunch. We had a very nice day but was very tired after it
We
had a lovely time in Paihia and we are now in Auckland. We are due to catch our
flight at 3pm (NZ time) on the 28th
from Auckland Airport to Los Angeles.
Will Write Soon
Jon x
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