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....