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#174 Nomad Diary. 17-23 February 2024. Road Trip North Island, NZ. Napier. Te Awanga. Tokomaru Bay. Hicks Bay. Opotiki. 2 Years Living on Retirement Income. Less Taxes.

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Darrell on the Way to The Fruit Shop Fruit Box From Fruit Shop Our Laundry Drying at Te Awanga Our Airbnb Saturday. 17. Morning Routines: Workout together; Make Breakfast; Read, etc. We stayed in for the morning. Darrell does a Saturday email to his Bible study group in Kenya plus others who want to be on his list. He also fixed and ate his lunch while I was just wanting to go for a ‘real fruit’ ice cream for my lunch. We drove over to a fruit stand in Hastings and found out that it’s a tour bus stop. Napier has cruise ship passengers who stop here and this is one of the excursions. We got Real Fruit Ice Cream here and a big box of assorted plums, apricots and peaches along with a large box of strawberries. And then headed back to our apartment in Te Awanga. We changed into swimsuits and walked to the beach. The tide was high and the beach is rocky, not sandy here. Neither of us wanted to go into the water. We got a good walk and then went back to ou...

#173 Nomad Diary. 10-16 February 2024. Road Trip. New Zealand North Island. Lingi and Avarn at Hamilton. Huka Falls. House with a View of Lake Taupo. Te Awanga Beach. Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. Our 2 Year Retirement Review. 2024 Travel Plan.

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Cheese Shop in Kiawaka North of Auckland Quirky Eutopia Cafe in Kiawaka. Next to Cheese Shop Eutopia Cafe in Kiawaka Traffic Driving South into Auckland Driving Through Auckland on a Cloudy Day Lingi and Darrell at Her House in Hamilton, NZ Us with Lingi Walking Along the River in Hamilton, NZ View of Hamilton, NZ From River Walk A Horse Statue That You Can Climb On. Next to River in Hamilton, NZ Saturday. 10. Drive Dargaville to Hamilton. Arrive Lingi’s apartment with son Avarn. Nachos for dinner. River walk with Lingi. We met Lingi when we were in Wellington at Christmas time. She was visiting her brother at the church there. She invited us to come visit her, and here we are! Some People at Hamilton, NZ Church. Darrell's in the Green Shirt. A Baby with Her Mom at Church in Hamilton, NZ Sue, Emily and Lingy at Church in Hamilton, NZ Me wit...