March 27, 2005
...it's going to rain. If you can't see the mountain it's already raining. At least that's the saying in the Taranaki region.
I left Taupo and headed across to the West coast to New Plymouth, a popular surfing spot and a good place from which to explore Mt. Taranaki and the Egmont National Park.
I stayed at the very nice Sunflower Lodge which, sure enough, was full of surfers and I was quickly invited out to a local surf club where a live band was playing to celebrate the end of a surfing competition. The band was good and it was a fun night.
The twenty minute walk back along the coastal walkway was nice, despite the rain
About Me
- Bryony
- Recent graduate of Marine Biology from the University of St Andrews. I am currently living in Kaikoura to work on a research project studying sperm whales and tourism. All photos in this blog are my own, unless credited otherwise.