We had a pretty relaxing day today, in fact did not even leave the hotel until 5. The beach it backs onto is quite safe and every morning the hotel workers set up little clusters of deck chairs and big shady umbrellas. We had a bit of a big night out last night with the Reuters and Associated Press crews, so we slept in a bit and missed the best deck chairs but we set up camp on the beach for most of the day.
The water is so clear you can see your toes even when the water is up to my shoulders (which Simon says is only up to everyone elses waist anyway...) and its bath temperature. So lovely. We did hours of body surfing and later got some boogie boards so did that too.
I had two spectacular wipe outs which apparently looked very funny. I think that depends where you saw it from - having my face mashed into the sand wasn't so funny at all. And the big waves play havoc with the bikini too, which is when the clear water isn't so helpful.
Was cool to see a bunch of local teenagers at the beach, probably about 20 of them all runing around chasing a frisbee and a ball, just having good clean fun. No playstation or tv for their after school relaxation!
We also had a dip in the pool, just to cool off. The pool is about 5 degrees cooler than the sea even though its tepid!!!! See - I do wear my Radio Noo Ziland hat everywhere!!!
Last night's excursion into town was good but a very expensive exercise. Food is just not cheap at all. We went to a reggae lounge that was terrible and a more English bar that had a band playing music i've never heard, and a bunch of Kiwis drinking.
Didn't know any of them or anyone they knew, which I thought was a little unusual....
Game day tomorrow so will be a long day. But, weirdly, I'm looking forward to the cricket!!!
Oh I had thought I'd enable the comments thing but it turns out this particular layout of blog doesn't allow comments after all. So too bad, sorry. :-)
