We decided to live life "on the edge" this week - well kind of! Went for a sail on the red catam
aran that you can see at the jetty. It was a 6 hour trip in total, sailing round some of the isla
nds up here. There was some relaxing to be done (as you can see by CK's photo!) but then it was all hands on deck and we were put to work! This involved lots of rope pulling to haul the sails up and down on several occasions! Lots of fun though and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! We stopped for a BBQ lunch at one of the islands and went ashore to explore and admire the fantastic
view from up on the hill. Sailing back to Paihia we
were lucky enough to spot a pod of dolphins! As we got nearer to them they came right up to the boat & swam alongside us, occasionally arching up out of the water and then diving back in
again! It was just the most perfect end to a fabulous trip! That evening we got ourselves a prime spot on the main street to watch the Paihia Christmas parade!
It seemed the whole town turned out for the occasion and, to show you what a small place Paihia is, the girl who had been crewing on our boat that day also turned up as Santa's helper in the parade! There were lots of original homemade floats and we particularly liked Rudolph the red nosed tractor (sorry reindeer!) We did some walking this week too and visited Haruru Falls, passing th
rough mangrove swamps on the way! Took a trip a
cross the peninsula to Russell on the little ferry on the photo. Cute little place although very small! Hard to believe, as we found out recently, that it was originally the capital of New Zealand! And should you require a taxi here in
Paihia - well you only need to summon the services of Tuk Tuk, the town's shuttle service! Haven't used it yet as our apartment is only a 5 minute walk away from the main street but am tempted to - just for the experience!
(Don't forget - click on any of the photos to see them at full size! JK for the K Team)
aran that you can see at the jetty. It was a 6 hour trip in total, sailing round some of the isla
nds up here. There was some relaxing to be done (as you can see by CK's photo!) but then it was all hands on deck and we were put to work! This involved lots of rope pulling to haul the sails up and down on several occasions! Lots of fun though and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! We stopped for a BBQ lunch at one of the islands and went ashore to explore and admire the fantastic
view from up on the hill. Sailing back to Paihia we 
were lucky enough to spot a pod of dolphins! As we got nearer to them they came right up to the boat & swam alongside us, occasionally arching up out of the water and then diving back in 
again! It was just the most perfect end to a fabulous trip! That evening we got ourselves a prime spot on the main street to watch the Paihia Christmas parade!
It seemed the whole town turned out for the occasion and, to show you what a small place Paihia is, the girl who had been crewing on our boat that day also turned up as Santa's helper in the parade! There were lots of original homemade floats and we particularly liked Rudolph the red nosed tractor (sorry reindeer!) We did some walking this week too and visited Haruru Falls, passing th
rough mangrove swamps on the way! Took a trip a
cross the peninsula to Russell on the little ferry on the photo. Cute little place although very small! Hard to believe, as we found out recently, that it was originally the capital of New Zealand! And should you require a taxi here in 
Paihia - well you only need to summon the services of Tuk Tuk, the town's shuttle service! Haven't used it yet as our apartment is only a 5 minute walk away from the main street but am tempted to - just for the experience! (Don't forget - click on any of the photos to see them at full size! JK for the K Team)
1 comment:
dont go in the tuk tuk!!!
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