Orewa

Right now I'm living at a hostel that is seems to be based on the song "Hotel California." People come there and then don't seem to leave. One guy came to stay a week.. two months later he's still here. He does some maintenance work so he gets free rent. Anyway, tomorrow we are going to the Coronmandel peninsula and Hot Water Beach... 68 degrees even this time of year (spring) We are going Sea Kayaking on Tuesday.. it'll be fun.. Hopefully we will have fruit picking jobs soon. We need jobs!

Kevin (nice guy who lives here) is our NZ guide while we're at Orwea. He's taken us to Piha beach on the Tasman sea and Hot Water beach on the Coromandel peninsula on the east coast. I will put more pictures (from the whole NZ trip) in my YAHOO photos album.

Sea kayaking was tons of fun. The water was clear, but cold. The weather was really nice and the guide was fun. He made us hot chocolates and lattes on the beach in Cathedral Cove. Unbelievable. (look it up).