Me again, you cannot beat free internet access in McDonalds. We headed towards Waihi Beach via Paeroa (mining place), stopped in Te Aroha which is very strange little town. It reminded me of cowboy films. They have got Got to the beach at about 6pm. It was too windy and too cold for me to go and try the water however the beach was full of locals, surfing, fishing, playing rugby, cycling and strolling on the beach. We managed to photograph an amazing sunset. I "survived" the first night in the campervan which was surprisingly very comfortable! It might be quite hard for some people to adjust to this way of life. We headed towards Mauao which is photographed everywhere in brochures and calendars. It was raining pretty much the whole day but guess what...we went
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