After 2 previous attempts to do our kayak trip to Rangitoto, we were finally blessed with a sun filled sky and very little wind. Rangitoto is an island in Auckland Harbour which was formed 600 years ago through volcanic eruption. Our trip started at 10am in the morning with a safety briefing about the double kayaks that we were able to cross the 5km harbour in. Stephen and Deon (from the US) joined us for the trip as well as about 8 other people and 3 guides. The trip over was about an hour of kayaking, then an hour hike to the top of the island (then 45 mins down), and a little over 1 hour kayaking back. The sun was shinning the whole time which was great.
Click on it to make it bigger and you can see the city
We practiced our kayaking skills for the 3 days/2 night trip that we will do when Jackie and Tim visit us the end of this month down in Abel Tasman (north part of the south island).
On Sunday, Erin and I did a lot of shopping for Christmas presents. We felt as though we had been doing a lot of shopping over the past weeks, but we spent about 3-4 hours out and about getting stuff today.
Only a few days left until we head back to the cold/snowy Northeast.
2 comments:
how was kayaking? Hope the 2 hours of kayaking didn't cause all that sweat, cuz we're signed up for 3 straight days of it.
Haha, nope it was the hike that contributed to the sweat. Jeremy had a backpack on too so that made him sweatier I think. Kayaking does give you blisters so we might need to look for some gloves!
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