g a little bit of a bust. i was scheduled to go on an island boat tour in the afternoon, so i took my time in the morning getting ready, showered and ate breakfast, and then caroline (from france) and i walked around the quaint town of paihia. the weather was cloudy, dark and on the verge of rain, but it held out and stayed dry... and wasn't cold, but it was windy. the boat tour was to be at 1:15pm so i was at the wharf at 1 when they said that the sea was so angry that they had cancelled all of the ferries to russel (the town across the bay from paihia, the ferries that run on the hour) as well as the island cruise. as soon as they said that the sky opened up and started pouring buckets of rain down sideways, with gale force winds and a nasty drop in temperature. with the afternoon free, and no where to go, it was back to the hostel for a decades worth of mtv with the other stranded backpackers... i don't need to do that again for quite some time.luckily, when they cancelled the island cruise, they rescheduled for the next day, weather permitting, and today, thursday, happened to be unbelievably beautiful. the s
torm blew over in the night and looking out the window of the florescent pink room this morning there was not a cloud to be seen in the sky. my roommate, olivia from germany, and i were booked on the same tour so we made our way over to the wharf shortly after 8, marveling at the change in weather and our good fortune. the fog was just lifting from the shores of russel, the town across the bay from paihia, but other than that it was crystal clear. olivia had been so lucky as to have met up with a delightful older couple from england when she was in auckland, that offered her a lift up to the bay of islands... john and paulie were a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e.
we met up with them on the dock, boarded together and spent the mo
rning cruising around a handful of the more than 100 islands in the area, out to a place known as "hole in the rock," delivering mail to several of the private islands, hiking up to 360 coastal views, and telling travel stories. the cruise lasted until 1pm, when the four of us parted ways, and i headed back to the hostel to sort out the bags before the bus back to auckland arrived at 3pm.
at 2pm on the dot, the clouds rolled in and again, the sky poured sheets of water down on the peninsula for about 30 minutes, with howling wind, and then stopped. the sky did another 180 change and it was again beautiful, and even hot, out. crazy! back in auckland for the night, off to raglan for friday and saturday nights... and then still looking for a bed for sunday night - hopefully in hamilton or possibly even cambridge a night early. i start in at the first farmstay on monday - i can't wait!!!
torm blew over in the night and looking out the window of the florescent pink room this morning there was not a cloud to be seen in the sky. my roommate, olivia from germany, and i were booked on the same tour so we made our way over to the wharf shortly after 8, marveling at the change in weather and our good fortune. the fog was just lifting from the shores of russel, the town across the bay from paihia, but other than that it was crystal clear. olivia had been so lucky as to have met up with a delightful older couple from england when she was in auckland, that offered her a lift up to the bay of islands... john and paulie were a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e.we met up with them on the dock, boarded together and spent the mo
rning cruising around a handful of the more than 100 islands in the area, out to a place known as "hole in the rock," delivering mail to several of the private islands, hiking up to 360 coastal views, and telling travel stories. the cruise lasted until 1pm, when the four of us parted ways, and i headed back to the hostel to sort out the bags before the bus back to auckland arrived at 3pm.at 2pm on the dot, the clouds rolled in and again, the sky poured sheets of water down on the peninsula for about 30 minutes, with howling wind, and then stopped. the sky did another 180 change and it was again beautiful, and even hot, out. crazy! back in auckland for the night, off to raglan for friday and saturday nights... and then still looking for a bed for sunday night - hopefully in hamilton or possibly even cambridge a night early. i start in at the first farmstay on monday - i can't wait!!!
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