It's amazing how much the weather can affect your enjoyment of a holiday.
We were both feeling a bit glum after 3 or 4 cloudy days, but our mood has brightened along with the sunshine now that we've headed up to Northland.
Yesterday we had a nice time snorkelling amongst the marine life at Goat Island, although the sea was a bit on the chilly side! Luckily we were persuaded to hire wet-suits, which made it a lot more pleasant.
Today we drove up to the Bay of Islands, which, as the name suggests, is a bay of.....islands! There are about 150 islands, and we went on a lovely cruise round some of them this afternoon. It was a hot sunny day and the sea had lots of gorgeous colours. We ended the day watching the sun go down while having a nice meal in Russell, before catching a ferry back to our backpackers.
We've been pretty impressed with the standard of the backpackers out here - they are generally a lot less "youth" oriented than the ones we stayed in in Oz. Tonight we've hit the jackpot and found a 2 bedroom place with kitchen, bathroom & TV etc for £34. There was a chance that
some other people could be staying in the other bedroom, but its 9pm now so I think we're safe! We've probably split our nights 50 /50 between backpackers and motels/hotels, which has kept us (more or less) sane!
Tomorrow we're visiting Waitangi, which is where the original Treaty between the British and the Maoris was signed, and then pn Sunday we head down to Auckland.
Haven't been able to upload any photos for a while but hopefully will soon. Bye!
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