South of Hahei (where we spent our last night) there's a beach with a thermal spring right underneath the sand.  You can go down and dig a hole, let it fill with water, and then sit in your own private hot-tub.  There were a bunch of people standing around looking disappointed until Sarah and Andre went a little further down the beach and started digging.  When the others saw them running into the ocean to cool their tootsies, they came over and everyone had a great time burning their feet.

I'm not making this up.

Sarah cooling off once it got too hot in the kitchen.

The crowd at the appropriately-named Hot Water Beach. (With another damn rainbow.)

Actually, it turned out to be a double rainbow.

Eight bucks for a two minute ferry ride to Whitianga. (Weirdo New Zealanders pronounce "wh" as "f.")

Nice little sailboat parked right up against some cliffs in Whitianga.

Andre waited for three and a half hours for the clouds to line up just perfectly for this shot.

Sarah in the cathedral at Cathedral Cove. (That weird island in the middle is also in the next shot.)

Italian architecture inspired island.

Waterfall/roots at cathedral cove.