WHANGAMATA TO TAURANGA
We have arrived at the Bay of Plenty (http://www.bayofplentynz.com/)
Our first question is: Do you get to keep the cool blue garbage bags they hand out when you shell out a grand to attend the opening ceremonies?
All kidding aside, we got up "before the crack of dawn" and were on the road from Whangamata at a dark and cool 6:45am - just so we could be in Tauranga, settled in our hotel room and have time to find a seaside bar with a large tv screen to watch those ceremonies.
And we succeeded! There were quite a few people in the bar, but we were really the only ones interested. Even when the Kiwi athletes entered no one bothered to look. But we were there cheering on the Canadian arrival. Check out the video of this event whenever we can get it uploaded.
The trip on the bike - this is a biking blog after all - was eventful. We biked into the sunrise and that was wonderful - it was a great time to be on the road. There was a major climb to 265 metres and and great descent. But then for the first time we got wet. Half the sky was clear and sunny, but as luck would have it, the part of the sky that was not was what we were getting.
And then the head wind. That also slowed us down. And the flat tire. But those are the tribulations of a biking tour.
This is a great town. It's the biggest town we've visited so far and it's hopping! Lots of great bars etc along the beach and the weather tonight is excellent.
STATS:
Distance: 93.1 km
Time: 5.06
Average: 18.02 kph
Max: 59.0 kpm
Temp: From 21C in the morning to 29C later in the day.
Weather: Sunny, Cloudy, Misty Showers
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