Bay of Islands

On Feb 11th I got to finally visit the Auckland Museum. It is very nicely laid out and includes sections on all of the Pacific Islands and some stuffed birds.... I only spent 3 hours there, amazing I know.

On the 12th I took the Kiwi Experience Bus up to the Bay of Islands. On the bus I sat with a bunch of Canucks. Its amazing how quickly we all bonded. They are a super fun group and we all decided to take a dolphin tour which turned out to be sooo amazing. They were the North Island bottle nosed dolphins. There were so many dolphins and a couple babies and juveniles.We were in a low jet boat so we got to hang off the front of it and be so close to them. One splashed me in the face with his blowhole and then slapped his tail right beside me. Then the next day we rented kayaks and went out into the bay and circled some of the islands.

Now I am back in Auckland and about ready to head to Whangamata.