Cape Reinga and Paihai
Just got back from a four day trip to Paihai, which included a trip to the tip of New Zealand, Cape Reinga. It was so incredible and I want to show you the pictures, but I won't get to post them until tomorrow at the earliest, unfortunately.
My first day there I was so exhausted from my hike the day before that I just toodled around the town and checked it out. I have never seen such a tourist orientated place in my life! Every store, ever niche was dedicated to tourism.
It was a beautiful place though, anyways. The hostel was not as fancy as they seem to claim it to be, and had I not been sharing my room with awesome new "mates," I would have checked out one of the other 6 hostels on that street. haha. If you see the town, the idea of 6 hostels in 3 blocks is shocking. The town is TINY. WEE, even.
Running out of time with the internet so will be brief. I have kayaked and biked through the bay of islands. I have sand boarded down an 85 metre high dune. It took me a long time to actually work up the courage to walk to the top. I was totally terrified to do it. It didn't help that I just happened to be the only girl in my entire tour group! haha! I finally made it to the top and, well there was only one way down. woosh! all the way down. It was such an adrenaline rush I forgot to be afraid. I was so excited I ran (struggled) up to the top of the dune again and immediately threw myself down the hill again. SAND EVERYWHERE!!! I have visited the ex-"hell hole of the pacific" and I have met a large bundle of incredibly awesome people.
I am pretty exhausted now and am going to head up to bed. I hope that my bunkers are quiet for me. Pictures and more detail to come. Miss you guys.
My first day there I was so exhausted from my hike the day before that I just toodled around the town and checked it out. I have never seen such a tourist orientated place in my life! Every store, ever niche was dedicated to tourism.
It was a beautiful place though, anyways. The hostel was not as fancy as they seem to claim it to be, and had I not been sharing my room with awesome new "mates," I would have checked out one of the other 6 hostels on that street. haha. If you see the town, the idea of 6 hostels in 3 blocks is shocking. The town is TINY. WEE, even.
Running out of time with the internet so will be brief. I have kayaked and biked through the bay of islands. I have sand boarded down an 85 metre high dune. It took me a long time to actually work up the courage to walk to the top. I was totally terrified to do it. It didn't help that I just happened to be the only girl in my entire tour group! haha! I finally made it to the top and, well there was only one way down. woosh! all the way down. It was such an adrenaline rush I forgot to be afraid. I was so excited I ran (struggled) up to the top of the dune again and immediately threw myself down the hill again. SAND EVERYWHERE!!! I have visited the ex-"hell hole of the pacific" and I have met a large bundle of incredibly awesome people.
I am pretty exhausted now and am going to head up to bed. I hope that my bunkers are quiet for me. Pictures and more detail to come. Miss you guys.
so said Crys at 10:45 PM
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TERRIED? TERRIED! i love it! (K)mwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwa! thinking of you in the sand and sun as i set up christmas lights and troop around beacon hill park in the snow(L)
oh my... sorry Annie. That was supposed to be 'terrified'... not 'terried' at all :(
it's fixed now.
~C
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