In Te Paki we decided to have a look at those giant sanddunes which are directly accessible off the car park (just accross the road). But before heading through the sanddunes – once more – we cooked come spicy noodles :) After the first dune we saw the sea&beach in the far distance. Actually sea&beach didn’t seem too far away, but this was probably a mirage. (I always thought you only see mirages in the real desert *g* ) After walking through the sanddunes for approximately one hour I finally ended up in some bushes somewhere between the first sanddune and the beach, which was actually still about one more hour of walking away :-( Meanwhile I had lost Chris, who was also heading towards the beach.. Well, I underestimated the distance to the beach and therefore gave up and returned (ca. one hour walking..) back to the car and met up with Chris.

Afterwards we met some strange Kiwi guys more or less accompanied by the cops, but that’s another story..