ere are two lane roads, with the exception of Auckland. It was a little shocking to see 4 lanes altogether when we were there! They don’t have freeways here, they are called motorways, but we were definitely not on a motorway on the way to Matarangi. It was a windy road with hairpin turns. The drive seemed to go on forever. I was getting carsick and I was the one driving! We finally made it to Matarangi at 2:00 in the morning. By this time, everyone was a little bit, no actually quite a bit grumpy, which did not help any in finding the correct house to stay in. Nothing is open 24/7 here, so there was no place to ask for directions. We finally narrowed down our options to two houses, and thankfully the first house we tried the key in worked! We were exhausted and went straight to bed. The next morning we woke up to a beautiful house with a beautiful view of the ocean.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Drive to Matarangi
After the rugby game it was time to move on to the Coromandel area. Our next stop was the small village of Matarangi. Sharon, a colleague of Lisa’s from Loma Linda, let us stay at her vacation home. This was a four hour drive from Hamilton on a two lane road in the middle of the night. Actually, all the roads h
ere are two lane roads, with the exception of Auckland. It was a little shocking to see 4 lanes altogether when we were there! They don’t have freeways here, they are called motorways, but we were definitely not on a motorway on the way to Matarangi. It was a windy road with hairpin turns. The drive seemed to go on forever. I was getting carsick and I was the one driving! We finally made it to Matarangi at 2:00 in the morning. By this time, everyone was a little bit, no actually quite a bit grumpy, which did not help any in finding the correct house to stay in. Nothing is open 24/7 here, so there was no place to ask for directions. We finally narrowed down our options to two houses, and thankfully the first house we tried the key in worked! We were exhausted and went straight to bed. The next morning we woke up to a beautiful house with a beautiful view of the ocean.
ere are two lane roads, with the exception of Auckland. It was a little shocking to see 4 lanes altogether when we were there! They don’t have freeways here, they are called motorways, but we were definitely not on a motorway on the way to Matarangi. It was a windy road with hairpin turns. The drive seemed to go on forever. I was getting carsick and I was the one driving! We finally made it to Matarangi at 2:00 in the morning. By this time, everyone was a little bit, no actually quite a bit grumpy, which did not help any in finding the correct house to stay in. Nothing is open 24/7 here, so there was no place to ask for directions. We finally narrowed down our options to two houses, and thankfully the first house we tried the key in worked! We were exhausted and went straight to bed. The next morning we woke up to a beautiful house with a beautiful view of the ocean.
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