Yeehaaa Whangamata

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Tuesday 16th,
I had a very interesting day, set out from Hahei, my plan to visit Hot Water Beach, 10km away, or wherever the road takes me. I got pickup just outside of town by a very friendly lady named Carra. She dropped me off at the SH26, which would take me to the SH25 on my way to Tauranga.

I walked for about 1km & was picked up by a older couple thats originaly from the UK. Very friendly & very interesting people. They've been in NZ for three years & is on there way to go live somewhere else. They have lived all over the world. They droped me off in Thames. Its a bit of an industrial town so I deceided to head out to Tauranga on the SH26.

Out of town three surfers from Hahei picked me up, Sam, Reece & Lois. We went christmas shopping & picked up a huge christmas ham. They told me I should rather take the SH25 (which I'd been traveling on) to Taurang cause the SH26 "sucked"! They drove like crazy people through the twisty winding roads & I was scared silly a couple of times! They dropped me off at the SH25.

5 minutes later I was picked up by Haiden, a truck driver from Hamilton. We had a pleasant drive through some farm country & he dropped me ouside of Whangamata, a pleasant little beach town.

I stayed at the Whangamata Motror Camp & bought a tarp to put over my tent, I wasn't in the mood to get wet again!

That evening the Northeasterly started going bezerk, & I didn't get a lot of sleep, it sounded like summit night on Kilimanjaro! (Ferdi & Talita can tell you all about that!)

The town & beach was really nice, but a heavy bout of homesickness hit me and I had a depressing day.

Wednesday 17th,
God really came throuh for me today, He reminded me why I'm here & what this trip is about. He picked me up out of the dirt & by lunch time I was feeling great!

Two people I spoke to advised me not to hitch on the road to Tauranga, said it was dangerous. I asked God if I should take the bus, but He said no, I will keep you safe, trust me.

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Comments

[Ferdi]

Windy nights in tents can be the pits!
Yes my brother! Talita and I know exactly how you felt trying to sleep in a tent with the wind goin ballistic outside! Now you know what we've been talkin about! Hehehehe :-)

[Konnie]

Ek het ja!
Ek het genoeg klere gehad maar het nie my boots aangetrek nie toe vat ek bietjie koue soos my ouma sal se. Sal di photos binnekort post, dis well worth the wait! Julle gaan dit so erg love hier wees net prepared om die sandflies te battle!