Raglan

Last weekend I went to Raglan with a few other students. Raglan is on the top five places to visit in New Zealand so I was really excited to see this famously known surfing beach.

A crazy thing about New Zealand is that the color of sand on their beaches is different depending on what side of the island you are on. Last post about Mount Mauganui you can see that there was white sand on the beach because it's on the east side of NZ. Raglan is on the west side so there is black sand. Here's a picture of it. It more looks like wet sand instead of "black" sand but still there is a difference.

We walked along the beach and then explored.

Here is the good ol' Husker 'N'. It's funny how much more my Husker pride has developed since I've been away. I think because it reminds me of home. It's weird to not have "game days" and stuff. GOOOO BIIIGGG REEEDDD, GO BIG RED :)

Even though it was cool and really windy it was still an awesome time at the beach.

We took two cars to Raglan and the driver of my car was this kiwi named Oliver. He saw this sign on the way back for Bridal Veil Falls and on the spur of the moment decided we should check them out. We were running a bit late for dinner but after see the falls we were SO thrilled that we stopped. The top lookout point only took about 10 mins to get to and the middle lookout point only was 2 mins more so it was perfect.

Bridal Veil falls from the middle lookout point

Here is the view from the top lookout point.