19/1/15

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Monday 19/1/15Oh no the jet lag we thought we may have avoided kicked in! Oh well if nothing else at least when you are awake early you have time to pack and get checked out on time. Still haven't found a decent atlas map of the islands, will manage with Mary's map for time being anyway, also haven't found sandal/trainers and hat for me and a hat for Ian. Successfully negotiated the cases and bags onto the right bus and managed to get off right at the car hire place. Now the proud hirers of a navy Ford Focus auto and have found our way to Piahai, Bay of Islands. The road was a bit hairy at times, lots of up and down ness and twistiness. Cloudy and a bit rainy but still looks pretty good, feels a bit like Largs but warmer! Got a takeaway pizza (gluten free and no cheese for me) and a bottle of wine for tea and sat in our motel room looking over the bay to eat/ drink. Doing our best to stay up till at least 9.30!!

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