01 Jan 14, 08:45AM
(This post was last modified: 01 Jan 14, 08:55AM by RandumKiwi.)
How did I celebrate?
I swam at a beach on NYE, then from that beach, I tramped to and set up camp upon a remote-ish beach with my girlfriend (it involved having to climb over rocks in low tide, then walking up and over a step hill, about 30mins walking all together... all with a heavy pack), then found some friendly youngsters and we lit a fire under the stars, got drunk and merry, while one of the group guitared.
The beach, was Tawhitokino: http://goo.gl/maps/jR7fp
Upon new years, some Maori fellas came up to our fire and got us to join in a Haka (I just watched), I set off a tonne of fireworks I had brought along (shared them around, of course, no fun seting them off by yourself), one of the youngsters, in a massive surprise, took his guitar and bashed it against a tree (apparently it was broken, so it became firewood).
In summary, it was the best NYE ever... beat that!
I swam at a beach on NYE, then from that beach, I tramped to and set up camp upon a remote-ish beach with my girlfriend (it involved having to climb over rocks in low tide, then walking up and over a step hill, about 30mins walking all together... all with a heavy pack), then found some friendly youngsters and we lit a fire under the stars, got drunk and merry, while one of the group guitared.
The beach, was Tawhitokino: http://goo.gl/maps/jR7fp
Upon new years, some Maori fellas came up to our fire and got us to join in a Haka (I just watched), I set off a tonne of fireworks I had brought along (shared them around, of course, no fun seting them off by yourself), one of the youngsters, in a massive surprise, took his guitar and bashed it against a tree (apparently it was broken, so it became firewood).
In summary, it was the best NYE ever... beat that!