north island bliss

i've been doing the pete tour of the north island for a couple days now and i have to say that new zealand is abselutely stunning, incredibly beautiful and i wish that i could stay here longer. cathedral grove, the coromendel, raglan, just gorgeous. lucky for me i'll be taking back with me as a souvenir a lot of salt water that i swallowed and snorted yesterday as i learned to surf on the beach featured in the cult movie endless summer. surfing was loads of fun! but my entire body hurts now!

tomorrow i go caving and check out glow worms, head to a maori dinner and performance. the next day involves lots of mud and the day after a volcano walk. then, it's back to auckland... time flies! it's so sad.