This weekend, we decided to try Horse Riding near the Auckland Region. Yeah, something like Lord of The Rings; riding on the mountains and plains. Lol. We booked our lessons and guide with Tasman Rides, at Parakai. http://www.tasmanrides.co.nz/ It's an easy 45 minutes drive to the farm, and they have shitloads of horses. Our instructor.. is a little girl, 14 perhaps? And she rides really well. Haha. Actually we had wanted to go on a horse trek that takes us through the forest and down into the beach. But us being beginners, we had to learn the basics of guiding a horse first. It looks easy on the screen right? When you're watching LOTR. Its not easy at all. When the horse is trotting, it's still alright. When he speeds up, you hang on for dear life. Lol.
My horse is called Dusty, and Aryen's one is called Motu (Sounds Indianny). Mine looks really dirty and old, I think thats why they call it Dusty. Anyway, we went on the farm treks after the lesson. They had so much farmland with nothing on it at all, just grass. The horses could climb up steep slopes and go through water easily, it's scary. My Dusty would not listen to me at all, he had a mind of his own; he took different paths than the other horses, and will not follow them. He walks on the edge of steep cliffs instead of the normal path, scared the crap out of me. And when they pee, its like a bloody tap. Anyway, the views from their farmland is amazing. We spend a total of 2 hours just trekking around their farmland.
We head back to the farm after the treks and took some photographs with the horses. That jackass Dusty stepped on my feet. I tell you, its like a car went over your feet. I warned Aryen about it too, and when she pulled Motu for a photo shot, he stepped on her feet too. Oh my god.. The whole feet was entirely bruised. And that bruise didn't go for weeks. 
After the fun ride, we head on to Muriwai Beach, where the Gannets (A Bird) come to lay eggs and nuture their young. http://www.arc.govt.nz/parks/our-parks/parks-in-the-region/muriwai/ If you come during different months, you can see different stages of the baby bird's growth. This beach is also famous for its Black Sand. We love All Blacks. Also a popular Kite Surfing spot here. On the way to see the Gannet Colony, we passed by a poor Golden Retriever tied to a pole by the road. It seems that dogs aren't allowed into the area because they may bark and scare the birds. He just keeps barking and barking, calling for his owner to come. So ke lian.. This Gannet Colony is well worth the visit, just that we're quite conscious of the bird shit with the birds occasionally flying above us.
We head on home....after the Muriwai Beach and had some freshly grinded strawberry ice cream along the way. The best strawberry ice cream we ever had.
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