Smorgasboarder_11_May-2012

TRAVEL
SURF TRIP
natured, kind hearted gentlemen we are,
we stopped to pick them up. It turned out
to be a good decision. We stopped off for
an hour at the most amazing waterfall
and I managed to get some of my favorite
photographs of the trip.
That night we got well and truly lost, wound
our way down a few dirt tracks to a gate
that, according to the map, was where we
wanted to be but, according to Dan, was no
where close. We back tracked into the hills
for a while then decided to call the mission
off and wait until dawn, which was only
a few hours away. The beauty of a motor
home is that any place will do for the night
– got to love that!
TOP: Raglan lived up to the
legend and went off
ABOVE: Bridal Veil Falls
RIGHT & BELOW: Every surf
trip needs a soundtrack, in the
motorhome or under a tree
At first light we realised we had actually
been in the right spot the night before, so we
headed back to look for waves. There was a
small swell and we did get a couple of rides
in, but really the swell was on the decline,
the tide was up and we were not going to
score much in the way of waves that day. We
decided to hang out at the beach, bask in the
sunshine, go for a swim, listen to Josh and
James belt out a few tunes on the guitar and
generally chill out for a while...
It was about this time in the trip that I
started to think that all the Kiwis I had
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