Day 130 Pahia, New Zealand

There were 3 other people staying in my room, 2 Argentinian guys and 1 Irish female who luckily for me said she was getting up around 6.30am and I asked her the night before if she would give me a nudge before she left in the morning. However I heard her alarm go off and by 7.20am I was up and dressed and ready to grab a bike and thanks to Simon he mentioned a track where I could ride and it took me past Haruru Falls which was somewhere I wanted to see.
Not sure on what the Kiwi weather was planning to do this morning I packed my fleece and waterproofs just in case although as it turned out the weather was pretty good until I got back. The bike ride was great and even though I was only out for 2 hours the hills enroute certainly made it a very good workout and the falls even though they weren’t that big were still very nice to look at.
By the time I got back and got showered and changed the others had woke up and we jumped in the car to get some food from the supermarket to cook later. Well that’s when the pile of shite car we were given decided it was going to start being basically a big pile of shite. It refused to start 3 times in the space of a few hours and it came down to me calling the AA out to look at it. They couldn’t find anything wrong so I told the car rental firm on the way back to Auckland in a few days time that I wanted it replaced presuming it would get that far.
Not to be to bothered about the car Simon and I enjoyed a few games of tennis in the afternoon followed by table tennis that night and also in the bar later a few games of pool. So all in all for me it turned out to be a very sporty day and by the end of it I was feeling pretty tired. We had also spoken to Simon at the hostel about whether there were any trips worth going on while we were here and he mentioned a trip on a boat where we could get the chance to swim with dolphins and he always had a great time when he went on the trip and said it was the best thing he had done since he had worked here, so seeings he seemed like such a trustworthy guy we decided to book it for tomorrow and boy was he spot on as we found out tomorrow.

Haruru Falls

The bike i hired

Haruru Falls

Haruru Falls