Day 2

So far today has been great. Ed was going rollerblading and promised that he'd teach me how to stop without just aiming for the nearest tree, so we went out along with Vicky and Jess and walked a good long while down to the waterfront and rented rollerblades (rollerskates for Jess).



It was really sunny and hot and I've managed to get a burn already, even though I used sunscreen. After blading a whole group of us met up and we went to Piha for canyoning, and we abseiled down a waterfall, waded and swam through pools, jumped off small cliffs, and generally had a great time. We then went down to the beach briefly - took a few pictures, and headed back into town.



Susan and Andrea (and possibly Ed) and I are going out for donairs in a few minutes and then I'm coming back to take a shower and crash. I'm so tired after a completely physical day.

One really neat thing is that our driver spent some time in Edmonton for the Police Olympics in 1990, so we had a great chat about Edmonton and everything he did there. Plus, he got silver in marksmanship, which is cool.



Tomorrow we head out to Mercury Bay.