Our main reason for going to the 'hippy' island of Waiheke was to meet a couple of Robin's distant relatives. His dad's cousin Barry - or Bazza as we like to call him now - and sons Rakesh and Rahaan (spelling?). Who was indeed a bit of a hippy in days gone by. His sons are named so as he used to live in India, and even ran a 'Freak Bus' between London and Kolkata. Quite impressive. Barry gave us a grand tour of Waiheke's rolling hills and beautiful bays before taking us up to his mansion sized house (self built) high up overlooking the township and off in the distance Auckland city. Lunch was great, as we were given a healthy chinese meal cooked by his wife 'Tracy' whose real name we could not possibly hope to spell.
This was all very nice but by the time we got off the ferry back to Auckland we were ready for a drink. Which was handy, as we'd arranged to meet our friend Marc (the Irishman from the Santiago waitlist debacle) and his brother for a beer. A very nice time was had too. Hamish met us, drove us home and we got fush and chups for tea.....two days in a row, but isn't fish healthy?
Hannah
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