carve me!

So the first couple days on the Coromandel were windy... I mean WINDY. There were recorded speeds of the wind at 65 meters per second -- that's fast! Needless to say it wasn't ideal hiking or site seeing weather so we opted for an indoor activity... we did some bone carving!


Our friends here told us about this place in Whitianga that you can carve your own necklaces from cow bones. This cute German couple (and their blind dog) walk you through the process step by step, but you are actually doing all the shaving, carving, sanding, and polishing -- it was really cool! And I must admit... we were pretty dang good at it. Cool thing was - we ended up with some fun homemade necklaces/souvenirs... Looks like we found our calling - cow bone grinding...