After a lovely morning waking up on the beach (even cold, that's always nice to hear the waves), we were treated to a lovely free breakfast at the hostel. I guess the manager felt bad that the kitchen was closed for repairs, so he cooked home-made porridge with kiwi, oranges, bananas and chocolate. Never had porridge, but I felt like Goldilocks. Mine was just right. Well, minus the bananas. E took the fall for me not eating those.
Then, we took a scenic drive through a river valley on the north island. Let's just say E enjoyed the curving, muddy gravel road conditions. I hung on and barely said anything in complaint. I'm sweet like that. It's odd, we're so spoiled by the scenery of the south that this, while really cool, was hard to take a lot of pictures of. Not a letdown, just not as stunning. Still took plenty, though. What did people do before digital pics? We've already taken something like 600 pics.
Tonight, we're staying in a town of around 480 called National Park. It's near the base of Mount Doom, for Lord of the Rings fans. It has a real name, but it was used for the movie. So that's what it shall be.
Sorry for teh limited number of photos yesterday. It took like 5 minutes to upload each one, so we couldn't do many. We'll definitely have a bunch when we get back.
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