Perjalanan Ini : Northland, New Zealand (Part 2)

After the tiring trip, we went straight to our 'rumah baru' (Adelia punya terms).At Bay of Island, we stayed at Sublime Apartment @ Paihia. Highly recommended because I think it is affordable, in secluded area and not so far from everything we need. Can check here for more details : http://www.sublimeapartments.co.nz/website/home. Promote ni pasai manager tu baik ngan kami....hehehe...

Seawal pagi Saturday esoknya.....we went to Kaitaia. The journey should take about one and a half hour.....so, we lalalalala....took our own sweet time to breakfast etc.....pastu dalam kereta boleh plak borak2 citer2 lawak zaman sekolah2...until la > wuuuppps.....salah ambik highway la, which is still akan sampai tempat dituju, but could be later than we planned. We were supposed to be in Kaitaia by 8.45 to catch a tour. So, apa lagi.....bergegas ler...tak la speeding pun, but both of us dah takde mood nak borak. He concentrated on the road....I concentrated on the map, as well as segala road signs yg ada. And again....managed to be there...just in time!! Alhamdulillah... Actually, ada je tour packages from Paihia itself, tapi untuk lebih menjimatkan we opted for the one which departs from Kaitia. The tour package is called Harrisons Cape Runners. Before the journey is started, we made a stop at the Ancient Kauri Kingdom for breakfast. Bur since we already had heavy breakfast at home, kami window shopping aje dlm kedai ni. The 'chair' up there.....NZD 20,000.....ada berani, anyone??? The name given > 'Love Seat'....ahahahaha....
Then, 90 mile Beach...which, according to the tour guide, is only 60 mile. Took about an hour to drive along the beach. Great place for fishing > ada yearly fishing tournament held here sometimes in May (ke March, ah???).
In the middle of the 90 Mile Beach, the driver stopped here, where we can see Hole In The Rock from afar.....
Then, we went sand tobogganing on the giant sand dunes. Guess who shouted dengan amat2 kuat all the way???? Akmalia la....of course. Takut seh...tinggi!! Adelia did it on her own...tapi dekat je la...but still, a very brave effort. Err...only Adelia's picture je yg 'sesuai' untuk tontonan umum. Mum's picture > aksi tunggang langgang.....ahahaha.
Tapi, time bergaya.....seperti biasa la...tetap........
Makan time > picnic at the beach, which is a very very very nice area. Rasa mcm dlm LOST pulak....ahaha. The tour package includes lunch which contains scone dan macam2 snek lagi. But kami mana tahan.....pekena sphagetti and sandwich which were prepared in the morning.

Then, off to Cape Reinga.

Cape Reinga or Te Rerenga Wairua : Cantik......Subhanallah...

With the light house as our background...

Meeting of the seas : Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean

Family picture....at last!

We stopped here...to get the "biggest icecream in NZ from a small shop in the middle of nowhere" > that's how the guide terms it! Bagus jugak...sebab Adelia deserves a treat for being such an angel during the trip.

The off to Rarawa Beach....snow-white sand...white silica sand....whatever....mmg sgt halus pasirnya...

Posing some more lah...

Among the best things about taking a tour package is that the tour guide would surely furnish you with information especially about history etc. In our case, the tourist guide talks a lot about economy as well. The picture above is the ladang Avocado, a new project in the region. Very very huge invesment, which is going to be fruitful in 4 years time.

Back to the the Ancient Kauri Kingdom...to shop for souvenir.

Then....drove back to Paihia....