Coromandel Peninsula - east coast

We drove up the east coast road of the Coromandel Peninsula. Our first stop was Hot Water beach. If I looked to my right this was the view of an empty beach.

But if I looked to my left this was the view of a not so empty beach.

There are hot water springs under a small section of the beach and people crowd in to dig holes and sit in hot water!

We then walked from Hahei beach to Cathedral cove - which is beautiful but quite a way from any road.  I mention this because someone had got hurt on the beach and the rescue helicopter came in.

Our overnight stop was in the YHA Hostel in Whitianga. We had a double room and shared a bathroom and kitchen and a balcony with 2 lads, one from Denmark and Juan from Argentina both of whom were very quiet thankfully. We had a lovely evening stroll along the beach before sitting with a glass of wine on the balcony. At breakfast time we had a good chat with Juan and nobody mentioned the war!