Day 5: Paihia to Whitianga

One of the problems with pre-booking accommodation on a holiday is that it is very hard to change plans, so despite the day looking to be sunny, we had to pack up and leave Paihia to make our way back to Auckland and further down and then around to the east (ish) to get to Whitianga (with the Wh pronounced like an F) on the Coromandel Peninsula.

We left just after 7:30am and arrived at the holiday park in Whitianga just after 2pm (our longest driving day of the trip). We encountered more rain as we headed south and we were driving in and out of it the whole journey.

First order of business after unloading the car was washing and drying our wet and dirty clothes. Then we trekked off to the supermarket for more substantial provisions. This place has a kitchenette, so we can actually cook meals!

We are here for 3 nights and hopefully the weather will be only lightly rainy for a couple of days, until the cyclone currently travelling south from Fiji hits Northland on Sunday.Baca selengkapnya