Day 285 (Wed 18 Apr) - Coromandel Town

Sarb got up and went to find the Czech girl so that he could pay her for the last night. She went through her paperwork and decided that we did not need to pay as we'd already paid for two nights. Sarb explained that we had stayed for three nights, paid for two and so owed money for one night. The Czech girl would not be convinced so Sarb trousered the 54 dollars he was proffering and wished her good luck.

Walked down to the car hire place where we got our car. A 5 door hatchback, Toyota Vitz. Surprisingly for such a small car (you felt that parking would be no problem as you could pick it up and put in your pocket) it was an auto. It was a dusky pink colour (very ginger beer) so naturally we named him Tyson.

Drove East out of Auckland and headed to the Firth of Thames. Stopped off at a few lovely places then drove on, skirting the Firth, to Coromandel. A beautiful drive ( [1], [2], [3] ).

Stopped off at the picturesque town of Coromandel and found lodgings at the Lions Den hostel. Relaxed for a while then went for a drink at a cosy little bar.

For dinner we went to the Lions Den pub where we played pool and had an enormous dinner. Jo had cajun fish whilst Sarb had a burger that was only marginally smaller than Tyson.