Easter break: part III

this are some more of the pictures taken when i was in cape reinga during the easter weekend...

the picture of the lighthouse at cape reinga....


two different angles of the sign posts at the lighthouse...

view of the lighthouse from afar.... pacific ocean is on the right and the tasman sea is on the right

one of the sane dunes on the way back from cape reinga

ppl doing sand tobogganing...

easter holiday: part II

these are some of the pictures taken from the easter trip.....


remains of some kauri tree's


what you see in the background is the sea itself... then a small strip of the beach... in the foreground is freshwater as a result of the heavy rain - see previous post for more details - or so says the bus driver....


very fine white sand from the same beach....






all three pictures were taken from the beach where we had our lunch... the beach is approximately 15-20 minutes from cape reinga.... as you can see, the beaches in NZ are very clean and the water is quite clear....

more pictures to come soon....

easter holiday: part I

Since NZ had Good Friday and monday off, my parents and I went on a trip to Paihia.... we left on friday morning and arrived in Paihia around 11.30... after taking a short rest, we walked around the city and decided to take a day trip to Cape Reinga, 2nd only to Surville Cliffs as New Zealand's northernmost point, on Saturday.... the trip was quite good as the bus driver actually explained various things along the way... we also stopped over at various places along the way as the driver gave us chances to take pictures of the scenery... on the way back, we went via 90 Mile Beach where the bus actually drove on the beach itself.... as a whole, the trip was a memorable one and one which definitely helped to release some of the stress of the previous week.... photos will be coming up soon....

p/s: what made it much better was that only about a week and a half or so ago, there was heavy rain in the region - about 200mm of rain if i remember correctly... lots of places were flooded with some places affected quite badly... praise God when we were there, the weather was very good....

Easter break

the 2-week mid-sem/easter break has finally come....but the last week has been a very tiring week for me....i had 3 assignments due in 2day and another due tomorrow.....i have 3 tests the week i head back to uni.....