On The Coromandel Peninsula (directly to the East of Auckland), we visited a place called “Hot Water Beach”, where just underneath the sand, hot water is escaping from some underground spring. So we dug in our feet, expecting some warm water but had to jump out immediately as the beach could be named boiling water below beach.
While at the beach, somebody nearby spotted a school of dolphins off in the distance. We could see maybe 5-10 of them -- see the video where we caught a great glimpse of one dolphins showing off as they all swam by at an impressive pace.
Lastly, a 45-minute hike from Boiling Water Below Beach brought us to a beautiful spot called Cathedral Cove. The Ocean slowly carved this cathedral shape (20-25 feet high) from a landmass that separated to gorgeous beaches. Now people walk through the cathedral between the two.
3 comments:
Sydney loved your run down the hot sand, Jim! This is so much fun travelling with you two! Keep up the great sightseeing as you are my eyes for the next year! Oh, by the way, it was -25 with windchill this morning! Don't you miss the cold?!
Patty and Sydney
Oh, yeah? Well, I'm gonna sit in my house all weekend and surf the internet! In Minnesota! So there!
No, really, it's really cool you're blogging this, man.
What an adventure! I'm dripping with envy. Head to toe. I wanna be there... So cool. Dolphins jumping like in a dream? wow. I was half expecting the camera to be tossed to the ground and the last thing we'd see would be a splash and there you'd both be, swimming away with dolphins.
I'm coming!
Keep the pix coming...
hugs from SF,
Seba and Adam
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