so since we've head out of Auckland, we've been adventuring (on the left side of the road) with our rental car all over the Coromandel Penninsula, and further south. We stopped off in a so called party town, Whangamata, but it was pouring rain so we mostly stayed in our trailer that we rented for the night playing card games. After that we did a gorgeous walk in the rain through the estuaries, forests and beach of Oputere - a hidden town between Tairua and Whangamata. We were feeling pretty restless with the lack of sunshine so we decided to do a 6 hour hike up in the Coromandel National Park, called the Pinnacles. The way up was pretty rough but we had some gorgeous views, and full satisfaction by the end of the day. Next ... read more

So we've made it alive and managed to navigate our way around the city quite nicely, if I do say so myself. Its beautiful, the people are all "no worries" and the wind takes away from some of the heat - which is nice. We went to the museum today which was pretty cool, and walked home to see the city a bit. Tomorrow its a waterfall tour and black sand beaches! Can't wait! Missing the people I love, but MAN this place is great!... read more