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Climbing Paritutu

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There is a big peak just in town so we decided to go hike it on Saturday. First you go up at least a hundred steps and then you hang onto a chain that's been mounted and climb up the rocky bits. It takes about 15-20 minutes to get up. It was a little scary up on the rocky parts because there's no real railings or anything if you lose your balance. But once you're up you can see out over the city! If it was a little bit clearer out it would have been even better.

The view from the top


Looking over the port and industrial areas towards the city

There's our car! How did we get up here?


That's the side that we climbed up

This is the other side from down on the beach


A waterfall on the beach... but then the battery died in the camera...

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  1. KaraSeptember 27, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    How far away is this from your place? It's absolutely beautiful...and the rocky trail area looks freaky!! Looking at these pictures makes me REALLY realize why you both want to be there. It's stunning :-)

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  2. UnknownSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:21 AM

    You truely are experiencing some of what we all dream about. How very lucky you are and also how lucky we are that you can share it all with us.
    N&F

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  3. b.e.c.c.a.September 29, 2010 at 5:16 AM

    Katherine, the views are seriously amazing, thank you for posting pics!!! I am counting down the days till Thailand...

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  4. Chris BlaneySeptember 29, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    Cool pics guys. The climb looks a little steep to say the least. At least it wasn't raining! Miss you both!!
    Love,
    Dad & Mom

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