We set off for the bay of Islands, according to many a very beautiful place. The drive was four hours Long and because we left from Auckland rather late we decided to stop halfway. A little city called Whangarei, nothing really exciting
happened on the way just me going into oncoming traffic a couple times trying to get used to driving on the other side of the road. We also named our car zed, just because z's in New Zealand are pronounced zed. I remember just hoping we would get there zed scared me a little having just bought him and not knowing if we made the right decision or not. We stayed in a hotel unfortunately which cost us Little more money than we wanted to pay but all the hostels were booked for the night. We decided there that we would sleep in the car if a room cost more than $70 nz. Hope it never has to come to that. On our way from Whangarei to the bay of islands we stopped at a beach and collected the biggest sea shells I have ever seen. When we finally arrived in Paihia (bay of islands) we found a great little hostel called the pickled parrot. The main attraction 
was a parrot roaming around the hostel. For the rest of the day we wandered around the bay of islands taking in all it's beauty. We hiked on the beach and talked to a couple German backpackers from our hostel and called it a day. The next day we left the bay of islands and continued our journey to the Hokiangi harbour to do a little surfing on the sand dunes. Coming over the mountain and seeing the sand dunes was unbelievable They were simply amazing. We climbed the sand dunes with our boogie boards and raced down, looking at the dunes was kind of intimidating, because they looked very steep. The first time I went down the slope I found exhilarating. I wasn't sure how fast I would be going or for how long. I wound up skidding all the way into the water. So much fun. I proceeded to race up the s
and dune to do it again and again. It was quite a work out. When we were done with the sand dunes we started off to our first woofing experience in the Coromandel Peninsula. For those of you who don't know what woofing is, it is working on organic farms.
(Pictures to come, haven't been able to get my pics online)
happened on the way just me going into oncoming traffic a couple times trying to get used to driving on the other side of the road. We also named our car zed, just because z's in New Zealand are pronounced zed. I remember just hoping we would get there zed scared me a little having just bought him and not knowing if we made the right decision or not. We stayed in a hotel unfortunately which cost us Little more money than we wanted to pay but all the hostels were booked for the night. We decided there that we would sleep in the car if a room cost more than $70 nz. Hope it never has to come to that. On our way from Whangarei to the bay of islands we stopped at a beach and collected the biggest sea shells I have ever seen. When we finally arrived in Paihia (bay of islands) we found a great little hostel called the pickled parrot. The main attraction 
was a parrot roaming around the hostel. For the rest of the day we wandered around the bay of islands taking in all it's beauty. We hiked on the beach and talked to a couple German backpackers from our hostel and called it a day. The next day we left the bay of islands and continued our journey to the Hokiangi harbour to do a little surfing on the sand dunes. Coming over the mountain and seeing the sand dunes was unbelievable They were simply amazing. We climbed the sand dunes with our boogie boards and raced down, looking at the dunes was kind of intimidating, because they looked very steep. The first time I went down the slope I found exhilarating. I wasn't sure how fast I would be going or for how long. I wound up skidding all the way into the water. So much fun. I proceeded to race up the s
and dune to do it again and again. It was quite a work out. When we were done with the sand dunes we started off to our first woofing experience in the Coromandel Peninsula. For those of you who don't know what woofing is, it is working on organic farms.(Pictures to come, haven't been able to get my pics online)
