we BBQ till late night, and went to bed a contented lot.

as for me, i stayed up for a bit, walking around the beachhead with my iPod playing some Nesian Mistik and Katchafire, under extreme lack of lighting, i cant even see my fingers if i lift my hands up!

met Martijn on my way back, and found out that hes doing the same thing himself. since theres a mat around, i proposed that we have a whisky and drink them along the walk. later that night, i slept looking at the stars.

got up the next morning a happy person. with Jess skippering the wheel, the team drove towards the Tane Mahuta forest - to see some giant Kauri trees.

drove to a small town called kohukohu, and boarded the ferry

reached the forest about 10am. and snapped some photos. heres some of em.



these trees are big as. youre talking about trees that might need 20-30 people to form a circumference around it. here some stats for you folks out there.

After the trees, we drove back to auckland.