The Unbalanced Libra..

K and I woke up around 1030am to much warmer temperatures. We had muffins and toast for breakfast. By the time we woke up, Robyne and Ross had both gone for work. It was just us and Bella the cat.

After breakfast around 11plus, we drove out and headed to the information site to plan our day. Our plan was to do a scenic drive for the rest of daylight (which was only 4 hours) and visit the Gray's Hill lookout and Rere Falls. We bought Hawaiian Pizza as takeaway, drove to Gray’s Hill lookout, and had our pizza there. We got lost for a bit, and by the time we got to the lookout point, the pizza was no longer piping hot.. still warm though, but just not hot.. The view from on top of the hill was not too bad though = )

After our pizza and coke lunch (super unhealthy), we headed to the our next stop: the 100m high Rere Falls. On the way there, we got caught in a minor traffic jam, because of cows crossing the already narrow winding road. It was so funny i couldn't stop giggling and taking photos of the cows, which were just taking their own sweet time to cross the road and grazing on the grass on the cliffs on both sides of the road. There were SO many of them! And they were also shitting all over on the roads.. It was very interesting having these animals so close up to us.. = )

We managed to arrive at Rere Falls without getting lost, and I was mesmerized at just how beautiful the waterfalls looked and just the peace and silence of the whole place. All we could hear was the sound of the water falling.. Doesn't it look gorgeous??!

After spending like the longest time admiring the water falls, taking photos, and K running as close to the back of the waterfall as he can, we left and headed to the nearby Rere Rock Slide, where people can actually bring a water slide of some sort and slide down the fast running stream. It seemed like so much fun for no cost, but wrong timing cause no one would do that in winter time. K and I hid behind a small cliff to block off the wind and i used my swiss army knife to trim his hair. He had to squat down for a long time cause i was too slow. We decided to leave after less than 5 mins of hair cutting.. = ) And headed to the supermarket to buy ingredients for dinner.

We arrived home around 5plus, and started cooking porridge and vegetables for dinner. We were going to sit down and have dinner with our hosts, but they already prepared dinner so in the end we shared the vegetables. We had wanted to stir fry bak choy again since K did it very well, but the supermarket did not carry bak choy. So we bought silver beet instead. And the result didn't turn out too well cause the stems took so bloody long to cook we threw all the stems away. I enjoyed my porridge with mushroom and carrot though. = )

During our dinner chat, Robyne and Ross shared with us their travel stories to Europe and England, and the history of their beautiful house, which appaently is 100 years old!! K and I couldn't belive the kitchen floor we were standing on was more than a century old.. They also told us their earth quakes were quite common in Gisborne, and the most recent big quake happened 2 years ago in 2007. and that damaged most of the houses in the neighbourhood, including theirs. It was a really interesting chat. But K did most of the talking. I actually feel quite glad that K is there with me, cause most of the time, the questions that our hosts asked about Singapore, i don't really know how to answer. Like how big is Singapore, what is the population, things about its history etc.. It's pretty embarrassing how little i know (or bother to learn) about my own country.. = P

Here are some photos of the house we stayed in. The most beautiful house we've stayed in so far, according to K. He's so in love with the house that he says he wants to buy it if he can.. Me on the other hand, isn't too excited about the big house due to the risk of earthquakes, and the challenging task of keeping such a big house warm during winter.. = )

The bathroom which is bigger than my HDB bedroom in Singapore. Loved the way they did up the bath tub!

Our bedroom with pure white sheets and furry blanket