From Grads to Nomads

Yesterday we drove from Auckland up to Paihia, in the Bay of Islands, which is a beautiful little town right on the ocean. As the car crested over the hill coming down into the bay, we caught out first glimpse of turquoise waters and sailboats scattered throughout. Paihia is also the first European settlement in New Zealand, in 1834 I believe it was. We are off shortly to view the treaty signing location between the Maori's and the British. There is my political science interest coming out right there. This afternoon we are headed to adventure land, where they have an array of circus like activities to try, like a trapeeze!

Last night, I made the mistake of ordering garlic pizza for dinner.....let me give a fair warning to all...unless you love the taste of garlic for hours and hours never try this pizza topping!

We awoke this morning to a loud blast of bad eighties music coming into our hostel, however as Rob and I have now moved into the other hostel with the rest of the group, it should be a much quieter sleep, save for the loud obnoxious drunks. We are on a street that is purely backpacker hostels and bars....so you get an interesting mix.

Anyhow, the day of sunshine is beckoning.....