Rangitoto

Saturday morning we woke up early and caught the first (9:15am) ferry to Rangitoto. Rangitoto is a volcanic island not far from Auckland city. Rangitoto is the most recently formed volcano in the Auckland Volcanic field. It was formed from an eruption only six-hundred years ago. The entire island is volcanic rock. The black lava looks like plowed fields.

We walked to the summit (260m up) and around the crater rim. We ate lunch at the top – leftover sushi we had made the night before. We then walked down another side of the volcano to a beach, and then around the island to pick up the last ferry back at 5pm.

By the time we got back to Auckland everyone was exausted. We ate some Asian food at one of the many food courts, went home, and fell immediately asleep.

Note: I am writing this from one of the three internet cafes within 50m of our apartment. The internet cafes are filled with Koreans seemingly 24 hours a day playing Warcraft and other games.