Pacific Coast

Mon Sept 21/09
Today we are driving to the east coast at Napier. The scenery was great and Wendy got to see lots of sheep. Napier is a city that was destroyed by an earth quake in 1930 and rebuilt in two years to look just as it was before the quake. We bought a walking tour of the city centre that the guide spoke about the rebuilding and a trust called Art Deco Trust that set controls up for the rebuilding. It was quite a story and a great idea for tourism. This made the city the newest and most modern city in the world at the time. They have kept this stile ever since. Then we drove south and east to the end of the road. That's right the end of the road. Its a cliff if you drove any farther. We washed our hands in the ocean and then started back. It is only 241 klms but the time driving is long, almost 4 hours. Great drive and a long day. DDT