Today i tried the "combo" mountains+beach.... and i made it succesfully!

I woke up like usual at 8.30 and after took my breackfast i started to drive towards whangarei heads (that is more or less a sector of whangarei with a lot of bays and nature in general).

first stop: mount manaia.

In fact the day after some guys of the hostel suggested me to climb that mt and that on the top there was a breathtaking 360° degree view.... and they were totally right!!!

After doing thousands and thousands steps (quite hard even for me that i'm trained ahah) i reached the top... but not totally satisfied i climbed another rock to arrive higher!

i relaxed there in this way: sandwich witht tuna and tomato ; cigarette ; view all over whangarei heads. cool!

in the afternoon i enjoyed ocean beach, the main beach of the city: white sand, big waves and not so much people... perfect!

I also swam there, enjoying the power of the pacific ocean... i'm more and more commited to try to surf in this sea!!

i came back to the hostel around 6, in order to find a place to stay in bay of islands ( my next destination)... but suddenly my plans changed!

i called 3/4 backpackers (obviously the cheapest ones) and all of them replied me that they would have been fully boocked for the period i was interested in (saturday check in - wednesday check out) ... just one explained me that it had a bed available but from sunday!

so i decided to book another night in the the hostel where i'm now and move to bay of islands on sunday.

By the way this is cool for 2 reasons: 1) tomorrow i was in the mood to explore all tutukaka coast before to reach bay of islands. Being it just 40 minutes from here i can do it easily and come back in my hostel. No matters ;) . 2) i'm enjoying so much to stay in the "cell blook backpacker" because of the company of all the guys who are here!

So tomorrow i'm going to visit one of the most beautiful coast in the world!

i will let u know about it, don't worry.

See ya, ste