The arrival into 13 degrees from 30 was ever so slightly chilly, but having now put on ALL of my clothes, I'm toasty and acclimatising to winter in July (which seems so very wrong to someone from the northern hemisphere).
So far I've been at the north end of the north island and so the weather has been pretty mild, but as I go down I might have to dig out some thermals...
Today was the trip to 90 mile beach, Cape Reinga and round the bay of islands. It was tipping it down all day, but that didn't stop us all piling out of the bus to climb the steepest sand dune we could find and then throw ourselves down it head first on body boards. A-MAZING. Because the sand was wet we ended up going all the faster. I was soaked and had sand EVERYWHERE, but isn't that what it's all about?
Tomorrow I'm back off to Auckland and then on to my next destination. Wasn't wowed by the city when I arrived there a few days ago, maybe I was still partly in Fiji, or maybe I've missed some fundamental part of what makes it a great place? Watching the sun set from the sky tower was pretty cool tho...I seem to have a bit of a thing for sunsets I think...
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