This weekend myself, Eva, Leigh, and Christophe went down to a little surf town on the west coast called Raglan. Its actually a world famous little surf town, so if your into surfing, you probably know it! We left on Saturday morning and spent forever trying to find somewhere to sleep! The entire town was booked but we finally found this place were we had our own bathroom and sink and it was only $25/person/night. Not bad at all if I do say so myself. We attempted swimming but it was so cold it was more of a polar bear dive than anything else.
On Sunday morning we found a place that rented surfboards and full length wetsuits and hit up Ngaranui Beach. It was quite possibly the windiest day I have ever spent outdoors but still a heck of a lot of fun! When we arrived at the beach, there was nobody else there so we just headed out and surfed for 2 hours. When we came in for a lunch break, the lifeguards kindly told us the beach was closed due to dangerous weather! Whoops!
Monday was relatively uneventful due to poor weather again. We did hit up our favorite cafe again, The Tongue and Groove, and studied for a couple more hours. I think we got in about 6 hours of studying this weekend on top of surfing, swimming and exploring the town.
Some friends of mine may be heading up to Piha beach this week for some more surfing and I think I am going to try to tag along! I'm absolutely horrible at it, but its so much fun that I have to do it a couple more times before I head out of this crazy awesome country! Pictures...
On Sunday morning we found a place that rented surfboards and full length wetsuits and hit up Ngaranui Beach. It was quite possibly the windiest day I have ever spent outdoors but still a heck of a lot of fun! When we arrived at the beach, there was nobody else there so we just headed out and surfed for 2 hours. When we came in for a lunch break, the lifeguards kindly told us the beach was closed due to dangerous weather! Whoops!
Monday was relatively uneventful due to poor weather again. We did hit up our favorite cafe again, The Tongue and Groove, and studied for a couple more hours. I think we got in about 6 hours of studying this weekend on top of surfing, swimming and exploring the town.
Some friends of mine may be heading up to Piha beach this week for some more surfing and I think I am going to try to tag along! I'm absolutely horrible at it, but its so much fun that I have to do it a couple more times before I head out of this crazy awesome country! Pictures...
Surfboards hanging off the front of the car!
Christophe, Myself, and Eva all lookin sweet!
Ngaranui Beach
Leigh shocked that they beach we were surfing at was closed!
They didn't have this sign up when we got there!
See the perfectly crashing waves? This is the world famous Manu Bay.
More of Manu Bay
1 comment:
Wow, that looks beautiful - but cold!!! Surfing is hard - I have never been able to really get up on a wave. Keep trying,
XO Mum
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