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Spa Day
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This morning we treated ourselves to a Maori style spa day at Ngawha springs! For just $5 each (£2.80 each) it is very relaxing, if you can ignore the stench of rotten eggs from the Sulphur. We spent a few hours just lazing in the warmth with sun shining down on us, it was bliss (you get use to the smell).They are one of only two in the world that naturally rise to the surface without any assistance. They ranged in heat from hot from 35C to 44C - we only dipped into that one it was VERY hot! Then you go into the freezing cold ones. Our skin is now nice and soft.
Yesterday we visited 90 mile beach, Spirit Bay and Cape Reinga (the furthest point North of NZ). We found some cool crab fossils on 90 mile beach, and considered walking the whole lot, but that was as far as we got.. considering it! Spirits bay was astonishing, with white sands and then wild horses, magical! We could have stayed the night there but we ended up moving on.
Spirits Bay
Spirits Bay Wild Horses
Spirits Bay - Stacey enjoying the view
Cape Reinga
Cape Reinga
Only 9735 miles away!
At Cape Reinga you can see the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean collide together and create a mini whirlpool. Didn't get any good pictures of this unfortunately!
The night before that we stayed at a lovely camp site and got take away fish and chips (was tasty but not the best we’ve had yet!). They had a friendly pig, lots of chickens, ducks and some rabbits.
As it is the last day of 2023, we thought it would be nice to reflect on the year we have had. And what a year it has been. From spending last Christmas at a pet sit in Palairos, Greece, to this Christmas being on the beach in South Italy, it has been filled full of so many adventures as well as losses and a return trip home. We sadly lost our Campervan Luna, who got us home limping, to then fail dramatically her MOT (yearly safety check), where they said at any minute the whole chassis could have fallen out! But she got us home safely, just. This meant we had to decide whether to get another Campervan or change our travel plans. We chose to get another one, this one is also a Ford Transit, but bright orange and called Solero! Clearly this left us with some financial difficulties as we had to find the money for a new van, but luckily with plenty of work we managed to scrape together what we needed. And then converted it to much the same design as Luna, which has allowed us to vent
A country that never ceased to amaze us at how big it is! You think where your heading is only an hour or so away, 4-5 hours later you arrive! So in hindsight, spending 5 weeks there just wasn’t enough and we would love to go back and take our time, maybe 3 months. And the people, wow, so hospitable.. within our first few days of being there we met some locals, who brought us a cup of Turkish tea each, and then recommended a beautiful bay to stay in. So we went there the next day, and the family was there, so they gave us more tea, plus some freshly caught fish! The locals are also so kind to the stray dogs, sometimes even paying out fo them to be neutered or spayed. The bay recommended to us by locals Hammock out right away in Turkey Breakfast with a cow! Got the recording studio out! You may be aware already, but the cost of fuel in Turkey is so cheap, we were paying around €0.90 a litre, plus sometimes you’d even get a free cup of Çai (tea) with it! This helped balance out the cos
A little blog post on our time in Istanbul, especially written for our friends Brett and Alan. The buzzing city of Turkey, with mosques and bazaars, and a lot of culture and history. We spent 24 hours in this amazing city. We tried our best to figure out the tram situation but from what we could work out, you either needed a tram card or small notes (10 and 5 Lyra and exact change). It is cheap though, at just under 10 Lyra for one way. It’s a shame we didn’t manage to figure it out, or should i say, had the time to figure it out, as it would have been nice to venture to the other parts on the other side of the bridges. We visited the Blue mosque but sadly it was closed for repairs for a couple of months. But we enjoyed it nonetheless from the outside. Hearing the call to prayer between the Blue mosque and the Ayasofya mosque opposite was really special, sounding as though they are singing to each other. We did head back to the Blue mosque in the evening when it was dark to see i
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