As i told you in the last blog, yesterday i decided to rent a couple of kayak with my roommates, in order to spend a nice day and try to explore a bit of the regione.

So we tried to find out about the prices to rent a single and a double kayak.... and we discovered something amazing: we could rent them in the hostel where we stay, paying just 5 dollars for all the day!!! No way guys!!!!

So this morning after taking a good breakfast we brang the kayaks to the the beach and began our trip.

First of all we went along the river, towards the Haruru Falls.

I have to acknowledge that it was pretty hard, paddling for two hours (one way), sometimes against the current... but at the end we arrived to the falls and we felt so proud of ourselves!

We took half an hour break, eating some fruits and we came back.

The route was very pleasant. We passed through a forest, saw some beautiful birds and fish.

I have never used the kayak on the river till today, and i definitely enjoyed it!

Before to finish our tour we stopped on an island, just for swimming and chilling out. And for the second time since i'm here i was the owner of an island. So weird!!

Once at the hostel we were pretty hungry so we thought: what can we eat for dinner? ... and we looked at the BBQ... Saying: why not!!!

So we went to the market, bought some beers and meat.... and we had our awesome bbq!!

Such a cool way to end the day (and my stay here in Bay of islands).

Tomorrow in fact i'm going to reach the family that i will stay with for two weeks, working in exchange for food and accommodation....

another experience is going to begin!!

i will let u know about this ;)

cheers, Ste