On the 28th of November, we finally decided to get out of Auckland and move on again. We all finished our jobs and planned to head north to a place called Paihia in the Bay of Islands, in Northland of New Zealand. James had been to Paihia the summer before so we moved into a hostel there to plan where to look for work and stay long term. After two nights in Paihia, which is a popular tourist place right along a small beach, we went to check out a place called Keri Keri, 20 minutes drive inland (a place that Tim had heard of). We moved into a holiday camp called Aranga, which worked out reasonably cheap for the week; and Me, James, Tim and Georgia (James’ friend from home) moved into a backpacker flat
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