The Misadventures of Kai and Pixel »

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Yes, my sister lives here

Kai and I arrived in New Zealand on the weekend.  I’ve been here several times before, but it has been a while.  Long enough for me to forget that my sister lives in paradise.  Seriously.  (For those of you who don’t know, my sister lives in the Bay of Islands which is about three hours north of Auckland.  It is a resort area.  For a reason.)

Paradise is even more paradisiacal now thanks to the presence of two boy cousins who have completely entertained and distracted my child since we have arrived. I’ve been able to catch up on work, read, drink wine with Rachel, and stare into space…

The photos so far  

The first set show us on Paihia beach.   We had arrived that morning so I guess it wasn’t all that surprising that Kai fell asleep on the beach after romping in the waves.  Yesterday, we did a quick tour of Rachel and Shonty’s property (there will be a house there some day, but for now there are just cows and a waterfall).  In the afternoon,  we took the ferry across the bay to Russell where the boys got thrown in the stockade for mentioning Minecraft too often.  Once they were released and playing on the beach, we sat in the pub on the shore and drank wine and beer.  Today, Kai and I took a dolphin discovery tour around the bay where we got to see a pod of dolphins with two calves.  It is hard to take photos of dolphins — boats are easier!  Oh, and look, Kai fell asleep on the boat here too…

 

 

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