Clouds

Report 7 March
By Steef

The morning is cloudy and it is stuffy because of the humidity. We drive out of the city through the main street of Napier. We have seen very little of the Art-Deco image of the city . Maybe we should have been looking for it. Part of today’s route goes over gravel again, a dirt road. We drive higher and higher  into the low-hanging clouds. The green hills occasionally stand shoulder to shoulder against each other and here and there are groups of sheep or cows. The Landrover slips away from time to time on the grainy road in the steep curves. Views blur due to low-hanging clouds.
From time to time, the Wairoa River pops up in the depth. Usually it is hidden behind the dense vegetation. Yet we can see him when we find a low bridge over the river. It is a river for a painting. Slowly flowing, here and there clattering over stones, with some stones and rocks. Trees and shrubs hang over the water from the shore.

mainstreet Napier

into the clouds

into the clouds

little lake

coffee

tele shot

Wairoa river

Tonight we have to be in Gisborn and to find the address we need internet.
So we end up in the Indian restaurant Tamarind where we can use the internet for a simple meal. 2 Ladies serve 4 dishes, a bowl of rice and pieces of pancake. What an excellent meal in all its simplicity. Even Rodney, who comes in later, takes a bite. He leads us to Holiday Park 10 where we set up camp.

Tamarind

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