Sunday 4th Nov It was our last day before returning back to Auckland. We had a free day to do what we want till 3pm pick up. Previously mentioned earlier, we have booked the Kayaking session for the morning around the islands which starts at 9am. So not too early wake up call for us! Unforutnately the weather wasn't looking any good, showers and windy! We thought that it might be called off due to the conditions. We made our way to the beach hut and it was sti...

Friday 2nd Nov 5.50am wake up call to catch the Kiwi Ex coach at 7.10am to go to the Bay of Islands. We did stop at the small cafe for mid morning break to have breakfast. The driver was great as he was certainly deaf aware and made sure that we know what was happening on our journey. If we didn't catch what he was saying, he had an extra help on the coach called Amy on stand-by for us to ask. The journey was about 5 hours journey. We arrived to Paihia at about...