We continued on to Serendipity - the B&B we are staying in for a couple of get acclimated days. Stephanie hooked us up with a childhood friend of hers, who now runs this B&B. Linda has been very helpful with tips and ideas for our trip, and with some marvelous hospitality as well. And just see the views from our room!



Sunday we woke up to sunshine again, and after a somewhat lazy morning, we headed off to Mt. Maunganui, where we walked around the base. A lovely path, about 3 km with ocean and bay views, and lots of blooming pohutukawa trees shading the way. These are the red blooming trees I mentioned yesterday. They are so unusual the way they love to be practically on the beach - you see few of them inland. After that jaunt, we had lunch in a beach side cafe, then walked along the beach for a while - didn't make a dent in the distance - it went on as far as we could see!