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Hi Everyone,
After we left Auckland we headed up in Bob towards the Bay of Islands, round trip took about 5 days it was great we got do what we wanted when we wanted. More freedom with your own van. We stopped at Goat island which is great for snorkelling and sunned ourselves on many of the beaches towards Piaha (Bay of Islands). When we reached Piaha we booked ourselves onto a boat that you can swim with dolphins on. Out on the boat for about an hour when we found the first pod so we all got into our wetsuits all ready only to be told we couldnt swim as there were babies in the group which is fair enough, unfortunatley for us though that was the theme for the rest of the day but we still had a great view of them they came right under the boat and were showing off doing flips etc. Still amazing to see. As a consellation we got to go in the boom net which was great fun.
From Piaha we headed even further north, towards the northern most tip Cape Reigna, we managed to pick however the day with the worst weather, did not stop raining all day and was so windy so by the time we got there it was so misty you couldnt actually see anything anyway. Even more guttingly it meant we couldnt go sandboarding on the massive dunes that were up there. But nevermind we are sure we will get another opportunity to do that.
On our way back to Auckland we drove on many a quiet supposedly main road and passed through tiny supposedly main towns and stopped to visit some massive kauri trees. Once back in Auckland we sneaked back into our old hostel for a shower and just to chill and watch TV. Before heading to Taupo the next day.
Take care
Tatey and Lou xxx
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