Paihia best at sunrise
July 6th 2005 From trip of mid February '05: Headed North first as suggested by various books, was shocked to feel like I'd landed in L.A. after 16 hrs of plane travel when I arrived in Aukland the first night. Walked across to a pretty little beach but was still in a sectioned off suburbia.
At last reached little harbor town of Paihia after stopping at Kawakawa to use the famous toilets recycled
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