L0p3z and Neno's Upside-Down Adventure: Back to Auckland one last time

The week in Coromandel Peninsular flew by and soon we were packing up the car one last time to head back to Auckland. It was the final couple of days of Carol & Boyd's trip so they wanted to relax in Devonport and catch up with Carol's friend Maggie again. We had to sort out the pile of stuff we had left at Hanna's, its amazing how much random stuff you accumulate over only a few months. We also managed to catch up with Cam and Rebecca for a curry. Hopefully we can take them for a proper English curry back home sometime soon.

The weather was still fine when we returned to Devonport so we took Carol & Boyd up to North Head for some history, a stunning view and to explore the old tunnels. We also managed to meet up with Janine's old school friend Amy for a few ciders in the sunshine. On Carol & Boyd's final night we then headed up to Mount Victoria again for one last sunset, hopefully the photos do it justice.

Carol & Boyd on North Head

Lloyd probably wouldn't be a good lookout

North Head with Cheltenham Beach behind

Cool clouds

One last sunset over Auckland

Sunset over Takapuna

Good Friday was a frantic morning with an airport pick up of my parents and a dash back to Devonport to say good bye to Janine's parents. We managed to all meet up for a coffee but forgot to take a photo of us all. After moaning about the required coffee stops for much of their holiday I've now been converted to coffee myself and am now bug Janine for a latte stop.

We followed a similar schedule with my parents first day as we had with Janine's. We had to do two hills, Mounts Eden and Victoria, and have a massive burger in our favourite place in the Wynyard Quarter. Unfortunately the clouds had set in in the evening so the sunset wasn't as spectacular for them. The following Saturday we took them out to the west coast to Piha beach. The surfers were out in numbers as the swell was pretty big, but the water was freezing so nobody ventured in. After two days Caroline & Howard were already shattered from our tours, hopefully they can keep up in the South Island.