Mt Maunganui to Rotoruoa and Some Special Events

After a long cold night of trying to sleep we decided to get up. It was a rough night, as we both had to add extra layers throughout to the night to warm up. At one point Marian woke herself up because she was shivering soo much. It took a couple of times before she even realized what was happening. Needless to say she woke up a little tired and grumpy. We also decided that we are done camping for the winter.

Once we packed up camp we headed to the actual Mt Maunganui (a big hill). We walked up the historic stone steps, they had an interesting name “Historic Stone Steps”. Check them out:



Once we got to the top we enjoyed the view and John waited for the other people to leave when he presented Marian a present in a box. He then asked Marian to marry him… see her reactions below:









After a minute John asked again to actually get an answer. She said yes. We then headed down the mountain and called our families from our favorite spot:



After talking to our families we headed to Rotorua for a Maori performance and Hangi at Tamaki tribes cultural performance. We enjoyed the performance and the feast. The food was really good and we were plenty full by the time we left. Here are some pictures from the evening.