Sorry for the long silence on this blog, uploading pictures is not only slow here and therefore boring as hell but then you miss precious moments being outside or miss some sleeping in the trunk of your car. I dropped the linear storytelling thing because of 1) the crappy computer I'm using and 2) because I returned several times to this place: Ohope beach.
First time I met my Canadian friend Erika who got trapped there for a few weeks. Wonderful evening followed by a swim at sunset but a dog stole our chocolate!
Below is the statue of local hero girl, Wairaka, who conducted the waka (kind of big canoe) to safe waters when it was drifting towards rocks although in Maori tradition it was "tapu" (taboo, sacred) only men were allowed to pilot. When this tribe arrived in NZ all men went on the shore while women and children stayed onboard. The tide drifted them away dangerously and she shouted "I shall act as a man" ... that event named the place "Whakatone".
This town is famous for being the sunniest place in whole New Zealand. At the information center they even sell sun-ray-in-a-can! Sunsets are perfect don't you think?
The last time in Ohope we've decided with my french friend Kevin (who appears to be bricklayer) to build a proper floated-wood-house on the beach...
and after 4 hours of work it looked like this!
On the next morning we had breakfast in the garden...
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