We stayed at the beach until 2 hours before my plane was due to depart. I still made my plane, boo. But I'll be back! 

Suzie, myself, and Michael. 

Michael, Bahmid, and myself. 

Bahmid, myself, and Suzie 

Michael, Suzie, and their friend Bahmid on the beach. The sand is black because of all the iron. 

Pretty remote for a city beach! 

Another aerial view.. 

Another picture of Piha 

I took tons of pictures of Piha, it's unlike any beach I've ever seen before. 

A HUGE rock at the foot of the beach. You can climb up to the top. 

Piha is on the Tasman Sea, follow it and you're in Australia, 

My last day in NZ. We drove to Piha Beach on the west coast of Auckland. 

Absinthe is evil, but legal in NZ. L&P, my new favorite drink, claims to be world famous... in New Zealand! 

Auckland at night from the viewing platform. The skytower is the tallest in the S. hemisphere. 

Suzie got Michael a red panda toy which he smuggled into Orbit, the restaurant on top of the sky tower. It revolves once every hour. 

The red pandas 

Just a pretty tree 

seals 

Suzie likes to climb statues! 

zebras 

A rhino. We were at the zoo during feeding time! 

the very sad lion 

hungry hungry hippo 

Another monkey 

Monkeys