Well, we've finished our North Island tiki-tour and now we're settling into the Auckland life (i.e. we've almost forgotten the rest of the country exists).
We're crashing at Mark's old flat - this massive 11-bedroom wooden flat in Parnell. The flatmates are hilarious fun - this morning Mark has gone abseiling with one of them who is a professional stuntman. He's almost the most hyperactive person I've ever met.
Mark's sold his car so it's just us and our packs now. Tomorrow is the big day!
We had a great time in Coromandel too, very lazy. We spent two nights camping at Hahei and didn't do a lot more than visiting Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach. The best thing about Hot Water Beach was how funny it was looking at a bunch of tourists all huddled in little holes in the beach. After a while we decided to use our superior technical skills to create our own pool, but since we weren't there early enough we had to take some property right by the water. In this case, waterfront property isn't the prime pick - our coastal engineering skills weren't quite up to the task and we got the odd cold surge as our wave defences were overwhelmed.
The water is still warm up here though (by Chch standards) and made for some very pleasant swims :-)
1 comment:
You'll have to watch what you say, with Sylvia's mum AND dad reading this blog! ;-) As my little girl finally leaves home, here's wishing her (and Mark) all the best. Happy adventuring! Sylvia's dad
Post a Comment