![NZ duck](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4645678287_d2eeb0d8b3_m.jpg)
![NZ duck](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/4645680405_d433b39b0b_m.jpg)
![NZ falcons](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4646296752_87bdb65c6c_m.jpg)
![NZ kingfisher](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4645684401_949245139e_m.jpg)
![Pukeko and duck](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4646299610_219025a5ec_m.jpg)
![ducks](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4646300472_6787a07a67_m.jpg)
![parots](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4646301440_c2cb418c56_m.jpg)
It was raining on and off all that day. I continued northwards, looking for some relaxation on the Coromandel coast. I headed for Hamilton, which proved to be a largish city, hard to escape. I do not really understand Kiwi road design. They will take a highway, force it right through a city (rather than around it), add several roundabouts (in an attempt to kill tourists, no doubt) and then... have two or more highways intersect at a single roundabout. I am proud to say, I navigated that and escaped Hamilton. I continued on the bigger road (Highway 1) to Rangiri, stopping only to take this photo:
![rainbow north of Hamilton, NZ](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4646303578_147f2a3c35.jpg)
As it was beginning to get dark, I wanted to find accommodation, but when I turned towards the coast, suddenly there was nothing, no lights, no cars, no sheep, nothing. It was only 6 pm but it was dark and I was tired and the road was windy. When I got to Kopu, I just stopped at the the first hotel I could find. I managed to get some dinner in a café and get some sleep.
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