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By the time we got to New Plymouth, I was pretty exhausted from walking literally miles each and every day, and had pretty much decided to lounge around the hotel pool and read a book, since we had less than a day there as well. But Heidi, one of the coordinators at the conference, suggested I go down and check out the coastal walkway. The walk down to it wasn’t pleasant, but I’m so glad I went, it was stunning.

I finally made my way down the cliff to the concrete walkway, and headed down toward the city center, where there was a large museum and I was told I could score some food. The water was a gorgeous shade of teal green, and the sun was sparkling through a flawless sky.

I made it down to the museum and had some delicious french toast in their cafe, and then checked out the few exhibits they had. I saw a lifesize replica of a great white shark. Quite intimidating.

I headed back down the other way and stopped to rest on a bench, enjoy the sun and read for a while. I walked all along the coastline.

I started getting pretty hot and sunburnt so I headed back to the hotel after a while, but I really enjoyed staying down there for most of the day. The water kept breaking on the rocks and cooling me off with ocean spray. It was pretty nice.

We headed to the airport that afternoon to fly back up to Auckland. The trip was coming to an end!

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