Back in Auckland

We spent the past four days out in the "boonies" of the Coromandel peninsula, about two hours east of Auckland. Sadly, we seem to have missed all of the good stuff by not having a rental car and picking the wrong town to stay in. While our hostel was great, we basically saw everything there was to see in Coromandel in about 4 hours. After that, much twiddling of thumbs. Shandelle mistakenly booked us on a return bus route that went a bit out of the way returning to Auckland. We then saw what we missed: the beauty, warm beaches, etc of the other side of the Peninsula. Combine that with some hard-core car sickness, we were bummed. But, we're back in Auckland and it's time to do some sailing!