This part of my trip leads me north of Auckland to an area called The Bay of Islands. This is the cradle of New Zealand. Around here the first Maori came on land around 1250, later in 1642 the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman found this island and named it Niew Zeeland and then the first British migrants settled here and founded the first capital of New Zealand Russell. Also in this area the British settlers and Maori chiefs signed the treaty of Waitangi making New Zealand a British Colony. So you can really say that everything started here.
It sure is beautiful but have a lot yourself:
There are about 144 island in the bay, some of them privately owned. Its a very popular tourist destination. We explored them by a boat tour:
Just because I am on the other side the planet doesn't mean that I wont follow the the most important weakly event in the nerd world. No matter if couch surfing or hostel, Monday night we are are all in Westeros.
Monday 16th of May 2016
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