So.. Got to Paihia yesterday. Its so beautiful in the bay of islands. Love it, the Kiwi experience bus took us around the are a bit to look at the views. All stunning! When we arrived in Paihia, we booked into hostel called the Pipi Patch, which is really nice, then we went and got a boat ride called the 'Excitor' Very fun, was quite a calm day though, so could have been bit more exciting, Still, we went extremely fast, to the point my eyes were watering! Today we went to a trip up to Cape Regina and along 90 mile beach. So beautiful scenery, but best of all we went sand boarding. AMAZING!!! Loved every second, except did get sand everywhere, including mouth, ears and nose.. Oh and also, had fish and chips on the way home, which of course I also enjoyed.