The miracles of Avomine

I've actually got to research web designs and whatnots but my mind has since wandered off so I guess it's update-your-blog time!

Ain, Zab, Kak Zaidah and I went up to Northland about a week back and this time around I decided to give motion-sickness pills a try.

They worked.

I took one tablet every night before I hit the snooze button and whenever I felt a lil' bit quesy during the trip itself, I popped one in.

Result-A very satisfied (and quite possibly slightly sedated) traveller.

Day One
We were supposed to wake up at 7 but only Kak Zaidah managed to crawl out of bed that early and headed down to Beach Road to get our car. The rest of us slept in till Kak Zaidah's -Is everybody ready?-text woke me up. We left Auckland around 11am. On the way to Paihia we stopped over at Whangarei.

This is where I discovered Captain Cook pies. Yum.

After checking into our motel in Paihia, we headed out to Russell by ferry. Found the oldest church in NZ. It was already getting dark so we couldn't do any of the tracks. We were too hungry anyway, so off we went to the local Fish n Chips.

Day One ended with heavy discussions about the state of Malaysia's education system, etc. Lost interest within 10 minutes. Kahkahkah. Sorry guys, I tried to listen but you lost me past the story about kids trying to go to the loo.

Day Two
I saw dolphins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I didn't get seasick at all! Zab did though and I felt really bad for her but at least she managed to get some awesome dolphin photos for the rest of us. On the way to Kaitaia I saw persimmons. Thousands of persimmons....ooooooo..........yummmmm...Just had to stop and get 'em. A big bag of about 15 cost as little as $5.

Unbelievable.

Day Three
Started off as a very beautiful day indeed.

We made our journey to Cape Reinga early in the morning. Well, early by our standard. We decided to take up the advice of the guy who rented us the surfboard-"instead of driving straight to the cape, go sandsurfing first". Rain was expected to arrive around noon.

Sandsurfing was way fun. Wonder if there's any sand dunes near Auckie....

And the guy was right- as soon as we arrived in Cape Reinga, it poured. I could actually see rain coming in from the sea which I think is amazingly beautiful, coz hey, we all know how much I love the rain. It cleared up though as we made our way back to the car from the lighthouse. *Positive thoughts*

I was drained by the time we left Watiki Landings (I think) and just had to doze off. But at one point, I could sense we were moving way to fast, so I tried my best to stay up to remind Kak Zaidah to please slow down weh...

We wanted to drop by and see Tane Mahuta but it was already beyond dark, so maybe next time eh big guy?

Can't wait for my next trip on Avomine.

Enjoy the photos.



p.s-Photobucket, I heart you.