We arrived in New Zealand, flying over beautiful islands emerging from the mist. We found a rental car and headed north. We zipped through Auckland, viewing a nice panorama from the bridge spanning the harbor and headed north to Whangaparaoa (and for all those that are curious, "Wh" is pronounced "F").
We made it to Arkles Bay to find the building we lived in 24 years ago to be pretty much exactly the same, with a few slight landscaping modifications. We wandered around the area, revisiting areas I knew only from pictures and mom enjoyed seeing the spots that looked as if they had stood still as time passed and finding areas that were unrecognizable.
We spent the night on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and woke up to Waitangi Day, their national holiday, which this year was filled with incredible winds that made all the surfers, wind surfers, and parasailors extremely happy and nearly knocked us spectators over while trying to watch.
It was a drizzly day, but a good one for us to head to the Northland, stopping at a really neat beach, the Wenderholm Park, with amazing trees lining the coastline. (This beach apparently was the spot that santa used to arrive on his boat when we were kids.)
On our way to the Bay of Islands in the Northland, we stopped in Kawakawa to check out the town's main attraction - public toilets, designed by Hundertwasser.
It was a great day to drive north because it started pouring and rained hard most of the way (something many New Zealanders were happy about because there has been a ~2 year drought). While we couldn't see most of the spectacular views out the window, I could see enough to know that it was beautiful landscapes everywhere.
To see all the pictures from New Zealand, visit the album: NEW ZEALAND 2014
We made it to Arkles Bay to find the building we lived in 24 years ago to be pretty much exactly the same, with a few slight landscaping modifications. We wandered around the area, revisiting areas I knew only from pictures and mom enjoyed seeing the spots that looked as if they had stood still as time passed and finding areas that were unrecognizable.
Arkles Bay
Orewa Beach
It was a drizzly day, but a good one for us to head to the Northland, stopping at a really neat beach, the Wenderholm Park, with amazing trees lining the coastline. (This beach apparently was the spot that santa used to arrive on his boat when we were kids.)
Wenderholm Park
On our way to the Bay of Islands in the Northland, we stopped in Kawakawa to check out the town's main attraction - public toilets, designed by Hundertwasser.
It was a great day to drive north because it started pouring and rained hard most of the way (something many New Zealanders were happy about because there has been a ~2 year drought). While we couldn't see most of the spectacular views out the window, I could see enough to know that it was beautiful landscapes everywhere.
To see all the pictures from New Zealand, visit the album: NEW ZEALAND 2014
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