Bay of Islands Spring Break 2010
by Adam & Lara on 03/25/10
From Cape Reinga we drove south along the east coast to Paihia in the Bay of Islands, where we spent 4 days relaxing and recovering from our grueling lives on the road.
This is what a bay of islands looks like, tard.
The first day we set off on a 22-hour fun-filled adventure cruise around the bay. The boat, oddly named "The Rock," is an old car ferry turned pleasure cruise with a bar, pool table and lounge on the first level, and dorm rooms up top.
The Rock, cruisin for pleasure and the occasional bruisin', which to us is also pleasurable.
On said pleasure cruise, we did everything from snapper fishing and night kayaking to snorkeling and diving for sea urchins. Not to mention target practice on a rubber duck, which we all took turns shooting at as it trailed behind the boat.
Aiming for the kill, Lara stands between a Rock crew member and a fellow pleasure-goer from Norway, a country where people tuck in their T-shirts.
Time to snorkel - everybody take your shirt off and jump in! Except for you, Adam. Please keep your shirt on.
But all these activities aside, the highlight of the Rock tour was Adam's NZ debut of "the Nipple Song" which he performed to a cheering crowd of Germans, Canadians and Kiwis alike. (It appeared they were all nipple fans as well).
Adam shreds it just before the 2nd chorus.
The next day we took a charter boat out into the bay to do a little snapper fishing. Adam had quite a few fish already under his belt, but was looking for the big guys. Lara was determined to finally snag her first fish of the trip, and ended up reeling in THE catch of the trip-- a butt ugly, abdomen-sized John Dory, which Adam cooked up for dinner (delicious) while Lara gloated and drank white wine.
What in God's name is that thing!? And how is it able to hold that John Dory so perfectly steady?
Note: both parties ended up catching a fair amount of fish and we walked away with a week's worth of dinners. But...the John Dory was still the best. Just sayin.
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