Easter Weekend

Hey everyone I hope you had a good Easter holiday. We had Friday through Tuesday off from school so it was a good time to get out of the city. Most people went north of Auckland to the beaches, but I decided to head east to the Coromandel Peninsula with my friend Karla, from Arizona. Before heading there though, we took the ferry to Waiheke Island in the harbour. It was a nice day, although we didn't see a lot of the island because we walked. We went to Palm Beach, and found out that Little Palm Beach was nude upon arrival. Here are some pictures from the day.



We rented a car on Sunday and headed east to Coromandel. Here was our route, in yellow.



We had a really good time learning to drive in New Zealand. The roads were mostly unpaved, sometimes one way, and all really windy. The speed limits were really high, I was going about half of the limit around some of the corners, especially when there was no barrier between the road and a cliff. We stayed at a very isolated backpacker's lodge Sunday night, and were able to talk the guy down from $80 a night to $25. We hiked in the forest Sunday, drove around the shore and went to a sweet water park on Monday, and traveled to Cathedral Cove on the east coast Monday before heading back to Auckland. Here are some pictures from the weekend.



I'm excited to head to my first rugby game tonight, in Eden Park. I'll try to get some things in the mail here soon. Take care everyone