Since last update we spent five days wwoofing with a very nice Kiwi-German family with two girls, age three and five. Interesting child raising discussions, a beautiful house where we felt very much at home and cool animals (including the evil hen Sunny who picked my legs and always sneaked inside.) After Justus had built a water tank and de-forested the vegetable garden, and I had made a Swedish Smörgåsbord Selection (including köttbullar, kanelbullar and kladdkaka) it however felt quite nice for a final week of pure vacation. There is something about civilisation and the endless offer and supply of sugar, fat and coffeine. So we headed north to dive the Rainbow Warriet as well as Poor knight's island, which Jaques Costeau claimed among the top 10 dive sites in the world. First stop however in Whaitanga, where we went into a glow worm cave where the water went up to the waist at some places. Really cool to turn off the torch and look up towards a beautiful night sky with loads of stars - although these were tiny glow worms a few meters up in the ceiling. Junia luckily had a baby sitter outside when we did the slippery cave exploring.
Bueno, then it started to rain. One day catching the sleeping train in pouring rain is ok, but when the forecast says that the entire week will be wet, including 45 knot winds and 4 m waves, dive trips get cancelled and we were facing some proper 'i-lands problems'. What to do on a rainy vacation? Answer: change the flights and stay longer in Singapore! So now we all of a sudden only have two more days in New Zealand, leaving for Singapore Thursday, and back in Stockholm the 27th!
Enclosed some pictures from the days when the sun was still shining (I am sure though that we will not suffer too much in Auckland even if it is currently warmer in the Netherlands. Loooots of nice eateries here).
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