It was good to be on the road again and we headed to the Far North for a daytrip to Cape Reinga. The Maori consider it to be the place where souls travel to as they leave on their journey to their spiritual homeland. It was windy with low level clouds so the walk to the lighthouse at the end seemed suitably atmospheric. Here the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean meet breaking into high waves. Getting back in the van just before the rain hit. We headed to the Te Paki sand dunes to have a stab at sandboarding. The giant dunes look strangely out of place and are a bugger to walk up. The weather had suddenly changed from a few km from the cape so we were sweating our bits off.
Before heading back to our spot at Whatuwhiwhi Beach we stopped at the best fish shop in the world in Mangonui as promised by Ellen. I expected a lot and I wasn't disappointed. Not a typical chippie as it offers entrees including small salads (green salad, coleslaw), fresh prawns, smoked salmon, crabsticks. Apart from catch of the day they had crayfish and tubs of kina, not sure exactly what that is but it's in the good fish guide unders species that are sustainbly caught. After much uming, arhing and drooling I went for the catch of the day while Ray had a hot-dog (more of a battered sausage on a stick really) and we shared chips, coleslaw and a side salad. Top job! It was amazing and I've had a fair amount of fush and chups here. I'd like to know how these different fish shops get their awards and how I can become one of the judges, so I can go round the country sampling it all...
Em x x
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