We made friends at the couchsurfing event at a bar that will show us around Auckland when we return. We danced to bad music, which finally made us leave when a gangam style remix came on.
We got up at 630 the next morning to catch our bus and woke up everyone in our dorm... The bus took 4 hours to Paihia. We saw pink sheep at sheep world by the
road... it was distasteful in my opinion... but I still really wanna visit on the way back! We stopped and ate sandwiches and kiwis in Paihia, and I bought an avocado at the farmers market and it was SO GOOD! We hitched
out of Paihia and met a couple that offered us cookies. Then we hitched with 3
or 4 other people to get to Alec’s house near Kohukohu, which took another 4 hours.
Alec has
a big white dog named Dog. He looks like a polar bear. He didn't like us at
first, but after some scritches and treats he likes us a lot. We went for a walk around the property and saw stick bugs on kanuka tea
trees!!!! And the views are beautiful! There are many different types of fruit trees all over the property, grapefruit, lemons,
oranges, olives, bananas, mangos, guavas, crazy fruit! Passion fruit…. We made
dinner (stir fry) and then had coffee liqueur with ice cream for dessert! Alec
is very generous with his time and knowledge. Our home is in a little camper outside with red sheepskin
rugs and our own sink. It's lovely!
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