Back from the mountain! On New Year's Day, I went to the campsite in New Plymouth to pitch my tent.
And make sure I get my stuff dry; almost everything is wet except what I'm wearing.
Click for a fun time-lapse of setting up the tent, I got spontaneous help (it started raining):
There's a party every night this summer from 25/26 in New Plymouth Festival of LightsPhotos and videos:
Tomorrow morning we take the bus to the National Park for the Tongariro Crossing, a long 1-day hike over the volcano.