Merry christmas

24.12.2014

Merry christmas

While I should be in the mood for christmas I am in the happy mood of nature exploring and just loving life -and New Zealand. No matter where we go and anchor in remote places, there is always a hiking trail. On islands, in bays everywhere. Two days ago we started to go north from the Bay of Islands, stayed over night at a wonderful island (Cavalli islands, where the „Rainbow warrior", a ship from Greenpeace has been sunk to make a diving attraction in very cold water) and ended up in one of the bays in the water arm which leads to Whangaroa. Such a beautiful area - and great hiking. Today our goal was the top of the mountain here, which looks like a head. The last 50m of hight have to be climbed up along a chain - at an inclination of 80° and only some small rocks to step on. We all made it and the view was absolutely stunning. What was most enjoyable was that during our way up a guy, Alex, played his trumpet on the very top (he had already played it in the morning and it sounded great with all the echo here). We met him on top and then later down at the cabin that can be rented - we ende up being given 2 fresh Red Snappers, which we had for dinner. We just keep meeting the most lovely people! All four of us just enjoy our time, with daily sailing (except for today) and hiking and swimming (Patrick and I). Patrick and I even went snorkeling yesterday, despite the water being really cold there (16-17 degrees centigrade)…