Coromandel peninsula

Thames, North Island, New Zealand

It's Monday morning here - overcast, but warm.  Yesterday we drove up the Coromandel peninsula (see the map on the 'New Zealand, North Island map' page to see where these places are), nearly all the way to the top to Colville.

We stopped for a swim at this beautiful deserted beach

Very likely we'll go back up this peninsula in the next week, so expect more photos from travel brochures...

Later on, it was horse riding - a first for us!  Thomas and Kitty loved it and the horses, and want to go again today!

We managed to stay awake a bit later last night, about 8pm for the kids and 10pm for Mike and Vicky, so definitely getting through the jetlag but everybody wakes in the night really hungry!

Vicky, Mike, Thomas and Kitty xx