(W)WP ~ Te Aroha

Last weekend we hiked Mt Te Aroha. Jacob and Sam had never done it, I'd done it when I was, like, 8 or something. And man, I am proud of my 8 year old self! It's not super long. It maybe took us 2 and a half hours to get to the top or something. But shish, it's quite the climb. 

Anyway, it was such a nice day. We could see so far once we got to the top. Oceans and islands and farmlands abound. 

After we had fish and chips with my Nan, with obligatory whiskeys as well of course!

I'll be missing this weekend as I'm visiting my brother, but I'm excited for our next Waikato Weekend Peak! Woop!

xx

Photo's from 2013. Magical times.

I can't wait for the days to be this delicious again. Though it doesn't get as cold here on Jeju, it is still mighty chilly! I'm definitely ready for some high teen's to come into play. Not too long to go!

New Land for Living

Well, we have moved! We now live on a wee island south of Korea called Jeju, which you might recall from such events as our summer vacation last year.

We have a car, and the tiniest apartment known to man, which we will be moving out of and hopefully closer to the beach you see above at the end of March.

If you look close in the first two photos you can see some divers, these are women, called Haen-yo in Korean. They are pretty old, you often see the hunched over shucking their days catch. Back in the day only men were charged tax, so the women were sent out to dive for food. They continue to do so, though the tradition is dying out, which is a shame. It's a cool thing to see, they normally dive in pairs or groups and when they surface they whistle to each other. Anyway, it's cool.

The beach below is about a half hour drive from our house, and as you can see it's covered in plastic right now. Pretty freaking odd. But it was really windy so I guess it was nice not to have the stinging sand in your face.

Can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can go swimming! Though it is definitely warmer here then on the main land!

Good grief, these photos are so old! But whats new around here, eh!?

From when we drove north from Christchurch in a camper van. 

I'm pretty sure this is Taupo.

It rainy again here, and freezing. Ridiculous as we have had such balmy days until now. But thats okay, I'm supposed to be studying anyway and summer will come eventually...right?