New Year's Eve was rather nice; I flew up to Hamilton to spend a couple of days with my friend Lucy, who lives there currently, and our mutual rowing friends Anna and Claire, both visiting from the UK. They all met me at the airport and then Anna, Claire and I went to play tourist at Waitomo Caves (see entries way back in February ...) We did a different trip from the one R&E and I did back then, with this one being more relaxing and more inner-tubing. More glowworms too, though, and it was lovely floating down a river on the last day of the year gazing up at the stars in the ceiling. Very relaxing.
In the evening Lucy and her boyfriend threw a house party with a barbeque - it rained, a bit, but not too much, the food and company was good, and it was a nice chilled evening.
Today - this year! - dawned hot and sunny and glorious. We found a place for brunch before going to check on Lucy's BF's mum's cat and splashing in the pool. Before Anna and Claire went we had a wander by the river (Lucy was messing about with boats). Later Lucy dropped me at the airport, and I had a fantastic clear flight home.
Ruapehu:
The whole Central Plateau, looking back - shows how huge Ruapehu is compared to Ngauruhoe (the volcano-shaped volcano on the far left):
Ngauruhoe:
No comments:
Post a Comment