Road trip Day 10 - Waiohine Gorge, Tararua Forest Park

The day started with a long, almost 4-5 hrs drive through the Wairarapa farmlands. There was nothing much to see here except miles and miles of farmlands. At least the day was nice, and with lesser traffic on the back roads, we were cruising along, enjoying the scenery and talking about our future plans in Chicago. Along the way to Castle Point, we dropped by the hill with the longest place name in the world for a quick cheesy tourist photo!

We planned to visit the Castle Point Lighthouse before heading to our campsite for the night. We started to realise that so far the places we are visiting on this trip are not the "tourist spots", and mostly without any cell service. Castle Point has an unique structure. It is a reef rock structure that sticks out of the water, forming what seems to be remains of a castle wall! We walked to the lighthouse, and just stood there, in awe of the South Pacific Ocean.

We had Mexian Salsa Ramen with fried eggs and fresh vegetables and onions :). Tomorrow is going to be a long "tough" day as we prepare to do a 6 hr hike in the Gorge.