Paihia: Day One Hundred and Seventeen (14 February)

The weather forecast was right that yesterday would be the best day of the week because it poured with rain today :-(. We had a leisurely start after our long day yesterday and didn't drive to the nearby town of Paihia until after lunch.

Paihia overlooks the Bay of Islands from which the region takes its name and you can take boat rides from there to the Hole in the Rock and the settlement of Russell. When the weather is sunny it's a lovely trip because the scenery is stunning but we looked at the bedraggled people getting off the boats and decided to have a Rush Monroe icecream in Paihia instead.

Then we returned to Keri Keri for a last dinner with Margaret and also had drinks with Beverley and Rex. That made it a lovely day even though the weather was more suitable for ducks, like these ornamental ones on Margaret's patio.

Barnaby