Rangitoto Trek

Rangitoto is an Island, a landmark which is like, ‘see that is Rangitoto’, from the eastern bays of Auckland. On a clear day, which are getting fewer as we move into winters, you can see the island and Rangitoto’s mountain curve which is not a normal distribution as it has a high kurtosis according to Nitish. I don’t know if he is completely fucked up because of the course or has learned something and is applying it to normal life - let wiser people fathom.





Meanwhile it is the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the Auckland volcanic field, having formed in an eruption about 600 years ago. When you age you start liking the contexts of 600 years being youngest. After cleaning our shoes of dirt that might contaminate the island, we board a rather expensive ferry that takes us to Rangitoto. We had chosen a sunny day for this trek and it feels great that it happens to be a Monday. The pleasure of people going to work and worrying about Monday morning meetings while we heading for a trek makes me sadistically happy and I am not ashamed at all.


Craters


The trek is easy as the mountain is more like a hill. The path is well paved, surrounded by thick bush and garnished with autumn leaves. At the summit, we open our lunch which I have been looking forward to. For us Indians, it is an important event. Indians are certainly rich when it comes to food!

Lava Caves


The view from the summit is spectacular (I don’t know why I keep calling it summit giving the impression we mounted The Everest). The bright sun shines on the blue seas and the green grass of islands around Rangitoto. A small boat sails by. I can almost imagine the smirk on the sailor’s face that it is a Monday.





 

This is a Bach (holiday home of the NZ), one of the 109 on the island. Bachs were bought by common people (grocers, bakers etc) wanting to have a holiday home, way back in 1909! So the concept of holidaying and having a holiday home goes back over 100 years even for common people. A few of these Bachs have been preserved for historical purposes. 


Comments

  1. Shreya12:10 am

    Why would holiday homes not exist earlier? Wouldn't the need for a holiday go all the way back to the need for work?

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    1. Vineet4:54 pm

      Yes they would. But what I found intriguing was commoners such as bakers and grocers having holiday homes more than 100 years ago...

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