Three and a half hours later, we arrived in Paihia, our "home" for the next couple of days. We were booked to stay at the Waterfront Inn & Suites and we were hopeful that the place would be a notch up from our Auckland hotel. Thankfully, it was!
Our place was humongous. It turned out that after Blane got us upgraded (he's still got it! haha) we were given a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment with a full kitchen, laundry room and three floors! It was nuts and wayyy too big for just the two of us!
But the absolute best part of the place was the view. Right outside our first floor balcony was this~
Hello there ocean! :)
We loved these sliding doors that opened completely for a nice inside/outside flow and easy access to the view too! We sat out on this deck the first night just watching the sun go down. So wonderful :)
After settling in, we went wandering around the town of Paihia. It was nice for a seaside city-there were restaurants, lots of places where you could book something to do on the water...like taking a ferry across the way to an island with restaurants and stuff, going scuba diving way offshore, and all the water sports you can think of. Here was the view just outside our place.
We walked over to the "Swiss Chalet Restaurant" for dinner (as recommended by our trusty guidebook!) and it was good. We sampled the seafood because we were right on the beach after all :) and Blane tried the region's specialty-fish and chips.
It was a wonderful way to end our day of travel. Blane couldn't sleep that night though, because he was excited for what was to come tomorrow. Next up: Kauri Cliffs!
Get ready for golf people ;)
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