We're In Prison

Luckily they have free internet access.

So after we had a less than stellar week in Northland we came back through Auckland (staying with our friend Paul) and then on to Tokoroa for two nights to see Kerry and to recharge again. From Tokoroa we took off to the North-East and followed the coast around the East cape. The scenery out here has been beautiful and we have been enjoying ourselves a great deal. We checked out another huge maze.

We visited the Easternmost point in NZ. There is a lighthouse (37°41.338' S, 178°32.895' E) there 757 steps up from the carpark. That was a fun climb.

We also found a super cool 60 meter rock waterslide. That was awesome! While we were there a guy showed up guiding a tour of the waterslide. It is his job to slide down the rock over and over again every day. It seemed like a great job for Mark Andreas.

I am certain that there are tons of details that could stand to be told but for some reason none of them are coming to me right now. We are currently staying in the city of Napier (39°29.083' S, 176°55.135' E) in a backpackers hostel that used to be the Napier Prison. It is actually pretty a cool place. We are in the Warden's hut but most of the rooms are old cells. We are here for the night and next we'll be headed further South until we end up in Wellington again. Then its off to the South Island and more adventures. We will be online again in Wellington so we'll update again from there. Cheers.

Matt