Trip to Karekare and Piha 2 - Piha

After leaving Karekare, we went to Piha. Piha is just about 10 to 15 mins drive from Karekare. It was almost 4.30pm when we reached there. A lot of people surfed in Piha. At Piha, there were more people and more houses. It gave a different feeling compared to Karekare. However, the feeling at both beaches was great! There is a large rock at Piha beach which we can climb on it, it's named the Lion Rock. The rock does look like a male lion lying there looking out to the sea. It's simply amazing! We manage to see the sunset. The view was fantastic!

Piha Beach

Looking at Piha Beach from the top of the hill

The Lion Rock on the right (above)

The Lion Rock

This photo is GREAT!!! I told Peter (I ran out of batery) , he shot it.... cool!

Trip to Karekare and Piha 1 - Karekare

Hello, it's been a long time since I last updated my blog. I was supposed to upload my photos on my trip to Wellington last week for the New Zealand University Games, but somehow, there are too many of them, I haven't decide which to upload, ehhehe.... Today is the last day of my mid semester break...... The weather had been great, it's sunny. You don't get this kind of weather often nowadays as it's no more summer. My housemate, Peter, suggested that we should spend a day like this a at a beach. We DID!!!

Peter has a car and we drove for about an hour up north. It's really fun driving while enjoying the nice scenery. We went to two beaches- Karekare and Piha. Both these beaches are located at the the Waitakere Regional Park. Both of the beaches are located near to each other. However, the feeling at both these beaches are different. Karekare has lesser population, the whole place is full of hills and green, there are not many houses. There are a few waterfalls too. The beach was excellent. We even climbed up the rocks to shoot some photos...... The following photos were shot at Karekare, photos at Piha would be shown on the Part 2 of the trip. Enjoy the scene!!!

Karekare Beach

One of the waterfalls at Karekare