The Cube

We were starving by dinner time as we didn't have lunch prior to kayaking. Following our dinner the night before at FISH, we continued the theme and dined at Squids Bar & Restaurant. Squids are near Whitianga Marina, we walked here from our accommodation, Shearwater on the Estuary. It is spacious and comfortable. Squids...

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Hot Water Beach is exactly like its name - hot water beach. At low tide, one can expect thermal water bubbling just beneath the surface of the sand. I didn't know about the low tide part though because we didn't check any timing but basically dropped by as it was  nearby Hahei Beach...

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Kayaking. It sounded fun and looked cool on paper. I totally forgot that the last open water kayaking I attempted at Halong Bay wasn't very successful. Grin. Just hours prior to arriving at Hahei Beach, Little P mentioned that our kayak tour was 3 hours with paddling time of 2 to 2.5 hours....

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MMC and I arrived Auckland before 6 in the morning. Little P and husband (who I shall refer as Y from here on) didn't want to take the overnight flight, so they arrived the night before and spent 2 nights in Auckland. Upon reaching Auckland, the eating duo (aka MMC and I) had...

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MMC wanted to go to NZ and proposed that we make a trip there. Both MMC and Little P have not been to NZ but I visited the South Island with my sister a few years back so am not keen on re-visiting the South Island when there is another whole island that...

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We did walked a bit around Sydney but in no way it offsets the food intake. Regardless it made it easier to create an illusion that we could possibly justify all the indulgence. Haha. It was just another week to Christmas when I was in Sydney so naturally the Christmas decorations were up....

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