Tuesday,
September 25, 2012
It has rained…. Again…. All day today. But ya know we said
so what is a little wet when you are on the road. I am in Pahia and plan on taking full advantage of all
the activities that can be done around here, not to mention travelers from all
over the world looking to do the same.
Kiwi Experience is a bus trip that some are taking up to Cape Reinga today. Cape Reinga is the Northern
tip of New Zealand and where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean. It is also a very spiritual place for
the Maori people. Maori are the
natives to this beautiful land, and hold some places to be very sacred, Cape
being one of those places. Of
course I am not paying for a trip, so I find a travel mate, Donny from England,
to take the 3.5 hour drive. With a couple of detours to find Petrol
and Snacks we made our way up twisty roads through miles of green rolling
hills, cow and sheep pastures.
Arriving at Cape Reigna we take a small hike to the light house, you can actually feel the power of the
seas crashing with the wind and rain.
We manage to take it all in and get some pictures, and then head toward
a small Bay.
“If we are not
artists
of our own
pleasure
there will be NO pleasure
<or no ArT>”
I’ve not yet made it into water, so of course I run barefoot
and pants rolled as fast as possible across the small beach and into the water
only to find about 5 minutes later this specific Bay has loads of bright blue
cone shaped jelly fish of sorts, but there sting is powerful, thankfully they
didn’t get me ;) As we drove back
South we hired a boogie board from a little shop “so you are taking on the
Dunes today?” says the semi-toothless, wrinkled man, “because it is raining,
sand is wet and you go fast, very fast.”
Donny and I grinned.
Climbing up the dunes was breathtaking (literally) but flying down them
was all good fun. Next was 90 mile
beach. Known for it’s name, this
highway beach, is actually about 55 miles and you can cruise your vehicle
down it, and did we. Stopping
halfway to, yes, get in bathing suits (togs to the NZ’ers) and at -3(Celsius)
we went for a swim. Diving two or
three times underwater we emerged to find a dead hammerhead shark. My blood was pumping and the adrenaline
was massive, felt like I could have run a marathon. Back at the hostel now, we are having some dinner and drinks
to warm up.
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| They do Exist |
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| Cape Reinga Light House |
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| Tasman meets Pacific |
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