Te Araroa (day 7) - Kerikeri to Paihaia / mile 152
One week on the trail! Day was sunny and hot. It took me four hours to get to Kerikeri, path was going mainly through farmlands with lots of annoying fences, it felt like walking through an outdoor museum sometimes. I took a detour in Kerikeri to resupply and get something to eat, I went shopping to New World the last of 'big three' supermarkets in New Zealand, this one being the most expensive. Then I got the tiniest pizza in Pizza Hut, which they advertised as 'regular size', except there wasn't small size at all. As I was walking back to the trail, old lady pruning her garden stopped me and asked why there are so many backpackers walking down her road, I said that it's because it is a good way to reconnect back to the trail. Then she asked where I'm from, I said that I'm from Poland. "Dzień dobry" she answered and smiled. I've carried on walking to Paihaia, I've met four oth...