Another day in paradise! No need for more pictures or words, so I’ll close this post here!.

Just kidding. Of course I’m going to post more. All of the places that we’ve stayed in have coffee in the room, but we prefer lattes so a morning walk to the nearest coffee shop is part of my daily routine. I’ve noticed that most people in New Zealand order a flat white, rather than a latte, so we decided to give it a try. It is close to a latte, but it has more espresso flavor, which is nice. We’re going to try it for the rest of this trip. This is the view on this morning’s walk, passing a 150 year old Pohutukawa tree.

After breakfast, coffee (flat white) and our puzzles, it was time for another walk along the beach. We saw something new today.

Yesterday we walked one direction, so today we tried the other direction. We made it to one end of the beach.

The water was warm enough to swim, and we were tempted, but in the end we settled for wading.

We’re took it easy today and just enjoyed the ocean and the lovely beach. But I also wanted to do a little walking, so I hiked the Fairbrother Trail again today. It was much later in the day, and not nearly as hot as when we hiked it yesterday.

And then … you can probably guess where this is going … it was time to “relax and recover” from all the excitement of the day.

Tomorrow we head to Waihi Beach, hopefully for more of the same.