ï»¿{"id":12,"date":"2005-09-30T18:02:08","date_gmt":"2005-09-30T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/?p=12"},"modified":"2009-07-15T20:51:05","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T18:51:05","slug":"bay-of-islands-paihia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/2005\/09\/30\/bay-of-islands-paihia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay of Islands, Paihia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-left\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\n\t\t        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/new_zealand_-11.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/new_zealand_-11.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/thumbs\/thumbs_new_zealand_-11.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"1654\"\n           data-title=\"new_zealand_-11\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           target='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_a85a0de75bcff762fc33a4469f18d721\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/cache\/new_zealand_-11.jpg-nggid041654-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n                 alt=\"new_zealand_-11\"\n                 title=\"new_zealand_-11\"\n\t\t\t\t                    width=\"320\" \t\t\t\t            \/>\n        <\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\tWell, my first real  \u201cStray\u201d day, with Nancy as a driver and a bunch of strangers. My first activity  for the day was to take a close look at a Kauri forest and a short stop at the  Goat Island. My first waterfall in New Zealand was the Whangarei Falls. The most  interesting sight for the day was actually a toilet! A fellow Austrian, called  Frederic Hundertwasser found a little place called Kawakawa in New Zealand, and  because he like that little town so much, he decided to build a colorful and  artistic toilet for them. What a nice way to say \u201cThank you\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nancy, who also had Mouri blood in her, told us a few things about Maori  culture and gave us a nice introduction into New Zealand history and  behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Kiwi\u2019s have a lot of things to be proud of, but the one thing they always  recommend to you, the one thing that they keep babbling about the whole day, is  actually something they better keep a secret. Sorry but I feel the obligation to  warn fellow travelers that, if someone in New Zealand informs you about a  delicious BBQ opportunity, smile and just decline the offer, they just can\u2019t get  it right. Even at a place called Pipi Pitch, the place where I slept during my  stay in Paihia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, my first real \u201cStray\u201d day, with Nancy as a driver and a bunch of strangers. My first activity for the day was to take a close look at a Kauri forest and a short stop at the Goat Island. My first waterfall in New Zealand was the Whangarei Falls. The most interesting sight for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/2005\/09\/30\/bay-of-islands-paihia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bay of Islands, Paihia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backpacking","category-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}