Circle Pacific 1998/99 - Day 37 - New Zealand

• Dave's birthday!
• Left Kerikeri in wrong direction - short ride w/ older fellow headed north on holiday
• Next ride from professor-seeming fellow to crossroads on Hwy 10 - walked toward Paihia - picked up by French mechanical engineer for trip into Paihia
• Looked around town
• Checked email - good gossip from Magik
• Checked into Centabay Lodge on Selwyn
• Booked Swimming w/ Dolphins with Dolphin Discoveries (NZ$72 ea) - first company of this type in Bay of Islands - good history + success rate
• Bought underwater disposable camera
• Finally found canned refried beans @ market, so had a beans/rice/broccoli feast for birthday boy