It’s New Year’s day and we are leaving Auckland and headed to the Hot Springs Beach on the Coramandel Peninsula. We all packed our things into the van and rode for about an hour until we stopped in Thames at a grocery store called "Pak’n Save" to pick up some supplies for the next 2 days. The grocery store was similar in style to a Sam’s Club or BJ's, so we did well on prices. State Highway 25A is beautiful, winding and twisting through a mountain with cow and sheep farms on either side is too scenic for a camera to capture. Rating: 10/10; would highly recommend. We arrived at the beach in the early afternoon and set up a spot to barbeque.
Once settled we made our way to the hot springs and soon found out that they are indeed very hot. The hot springs were pretty decent sized (could fit 6 or 7 people at a time), located right along the water’s edge. The scenery was unreal: a sandy beach with lava-like rocks protruding from the sand, and dense native bush above the tide-line.
After a few hours of lounging in the springs and eating some NZ hotdogs and hamburgers that were McGyvered by Dr. Robinson, we were back in the van and headed to our next hostel. After 45 minutes, we were in our newer, much smaller hostel. I will say I was happy when i saw that it was quiet and small... I needed to give my wallet a break and catch up on some sleep. We cooked a nice dinner of pasta and veggies, relaxed for a little while and went to bed.
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