As it became usual for us, the first place we visit after arriving at a new place is the iSite Visitor Centre, which is packed up with information of things you can do on the area. This time we did so in Whangarei which is about 20min north from our cottage. We did our grocery shopping for the morning, drived around the town centre and did some little walking before...

This is by far the longest drive we have taken. We took off from Rotorua at 11am, then we ate at Matamata at about 12pm and we arrived at our cottage in Northland at about 5 pm. We are right between Ruakaka and Whangarei. We are right at the top of a mount. We have some amazing views, and the cottage is really nice. We ended up really tired from the trip, so...

Today is the last day at Rotorua, tomorrow we hit the road towards Northland. We decided to visit the Redwoods Forest which has some really nice walks, and altough the trees aren’t as big as the Redwoods in California, they are really...

The day finally came! Today we went to visit Hobbiton the movie set where they filmed most of the Hobbiton scenes from Lord of the Rings. The experience was amazing, but unfortunately we had to sign a confidentiality agreement which means the information is: But, what we can do is show you pictures of the girls feeding the lambs at the...

Today Sarai finally mustered the courage to go and play with the two daughters of Herman and Mariana (the people who rented the space we are staying at). She spent all morning playing with them at their tree house. On the afternoon we took the girls to the Fair, which oddly enough was closed on Sunday so we had to wait for an extra day. They had a really nice...

Today we went back to the Blue Lake, but this time we took with us some food to do a picnic there. We also bought the girls some beach buckets so they could play on the sand. After our picnic we took a drive around the other lakes. Amazing views of the...

Today we went to the Kuirau park. The most interesting thing about this park is that it has thermal waters and very hot mud. We took a walk around the park. Then we went to the...

Today we went to the movies to watch Tangled. After the movies we ate at McDonalds and then went back to the house for Raquel’s nap. In the afternoon we went to the local market, we bought some souvenirs and bought the dinner. The girls ate their desserts and ate my...

Today we went to the Blue Lake, the water was cold, it has a lovely...

Today we met Lex, a lovely dog and found a Weta in our backyard. In the afternoon we went back at the Volcanic...