Piha
30 January 2010 | New Zealand
scott
We made it off the boat and started slow, camping at Piha beach on the
Tasman Sea.
It was slightly chaotic and the first day was a bit rough: driving,
driving on the wrong side of the road, navigating with the little map
that the rental car company gives you, setting up tents for the first
time, cooking over a stove roughly the size of a flashlight and so on.
Piha is a spectacular beach with a tiny little village and they were
hosting the youth world surfing championship while we there . This
was a huge affair with teams from all over the world competing. The
surf cooperated and was big enough that they occasionally postponed
for the younger competitors, and the area was overrun with excited
surfers and spectators.
We spent two days enjoying the scene and the sunshine and reluctantly
drug ourselves off the beach and headed towards the volcanic regions
of North Island.