So we've journeyed south from Auckland to Whitianga (pronounced Fitianga), or Mercury Bay (for ease of pronunciation!). And its hot. Damn hot. REAL hot. (to quote Good Morning Vietnam). Really nice place, quite small and quiet.
We're staying on a YHA called "On the Beach" because of its location (surprisingly enough!). The beach is directly outside, which is really nice (although we don't get a view of the sea from our bedroom, but we can from the shared living area!)
We came down here on the Kiwi Experience bus, which unfortunately had no air conditioning (it broke down somewhere between us getting off last night and on this morning!). This made it hotter on the bus than it was outside, even with the sunroof window thingy open! Our driver, LJ, has promised that he will try to get it fixed tonight, or if not get something sorted by the time we get to Taupo in a few days. I'm hoping for the former!
The group of people we are travelling with seem quite nice, even if there is an overabundance of Brits aboard! Travel to the other side of the world to spend most of your time with your country-mates! Oh well!
We came down through the Coromandel Peninsula, which had some very scenic views, both inland and along the coastline.
We then briefly visited Cathedral Cove this afternoon on the way into Mercury Bay, but as it involved a 40 minute walk up and down and around various cliffs to get there, Naomi didn't feel up to the hike back in the heat, so we stayed at the lookout point and just enjoyed the view from there, rather than going down to the beach itself. We did manage to journey a little way down to Gemstone Bay and Stingray Bay, so we at least got down to the sea itself, however briefly.
Once we got dropped at our YHA, we nipped to the Supermarket and got some dinner - beans on toast! A good backpackers meal! Just as we finished that we met our flatmates for the night - a Kiwi chap, his Mexican girlfriend and her sister. We had a nice chat with them before coming out to let you lot know what we're up to!
Anyway, we have an early start tomorrow (we're being picked up at 7.30) so we're off to bed!
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