Day 12: Paihia

Funny old day! Got to the post office in Kerikeri and posted my 'bounce box' to Whangarei, and redirected other mail... I then headed out of town..

It was a fairly short walk to Waitangi Forest but I was absolutely loving my shoes!

So with my Happy Shoes and magic sticks, I headed towards Paihia.

And saw some pretty cool stuff along the way.

You know, when I saw this wetland, I thought the same thing! Crazy.

Some kinda boring pine forest, then...

Magic!

Getting into Paihia, a couple of touristy things, 

then I found a bar going out of business. Which meant cheap beer! Woohoo!

Eventually after some interesting discussions with locals I found a backpackers and got to know the local Germans, French, Canadians and occasional Kiwi.

And that, dear friends, will be my night. Tomorrow, meeting a water taxi at Opua and I continue South!