Kia Ora,
Ah, what a wonderful day one of our trip! We started off in Auckland and went to Mt. Eden, another high point in the city where you can see the whole city and some of the volcano’s that make up the ‘pacific ring of fire.’ Some of the others being in Hawaii. Auckland has 1.4 million people in it, making up 1/3 of the population in New Zealand. It is also the fourth biggest city in the world, in land mass. After Mt. Eden we drove for about an hour and a half and stopped in a place called Thames, where we picked up some food to last us for the rest of the week. YAY noodles. An hour and a quarter later we arrived at Hahei, this was our stopping point to head off to Cathedral Cove, which was a very hilly 45 minute walk to get to. This was a beautiful area!! It is also where they shot the opening scene of the 2nd Chronicles of Narnia movie . The water was freezing so we did not spend too much time in it. David and I also found a little fresh water waterfall and played in that for a bit. Then it was back on the 45 minute tiring walk back to the bus. We are now at our hostel in Whitianga (about 20 minutes from Hahei). It is like a really big house! The owners even cooked supper for some of the people that are staying (we chose noodles instead…bad idea the supper smells amazing). Most of the people on the bus are from the UK with some random Germans and Canadians.
New Zealand is far cooler than Australia it makes a great change. In sydney we were suffering with the humidity , night time was worse after a long hot day it stayed very warm. But here it’s warm during the day and cool at night.
We decided we will give you a little kiwi lesson with each post that we write you so here is today’s. When you use a phrase 10 times it is stuck with you…
“Up your nose with a rubber hose” – This is used as a firm rejection.
Ex. David: Holly, can I please have some of your chocolate bar.
Holly: Up your nose with a rubber hose.
Laters,
David & Holly
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