Before I can tell you about the experience I had during my recent trip to Cape Reinga. I must first tell you the story that will explain the significance that Cape Reinga had leading up to this soul trip. A young lad four years ago envisioned a trip to get away from the hostility in his life that shadowed over him. During that time this young lad was in a relationship that not many people were not really into and treated their time together more of a clock counting down rather than a pact for life. Right before this trip happened the girl proved the haters were correct. Naturally, I was quite distraught by this as I had planned to stay in a nice hotel that had a view of the mountain. In which case, every sunrise we woke up to would've crept up just over the mountain and would've been all that romantic shit I wanted to do. But no. Things changed. As an alternative I went on a bender and lived that rockstar lifestyle with the money I saved for this trip. I found out Christmas eve later that year that she was cheating on me for a while prior to her breaking up with me. So things snowballed from there and since that point I didn't stop with the rockstar lifestyle. Over time the dream of visiting the northest point of New Zealand faded away. Skip four years later to 2016. The rockstar lifestyle starts to fade a little bit as I ended up meeting someone who I thought would've been worth fighting for. Someone I envisioned settling down with. Originally, I was meant to be flying over to Singapore for this girl. But, as usual and quite poetically too....things changed. And, as per my previous blog entry, with my shoulder injury which has sidelined me for quite a bit it helped me think if visiting the glitz and glam of Singapore was really worth it. Is it worth me flying over on the off-chance that she was still into me? During recent events I had an epiphany and what spoke to me one morning was the escape to the cape trip that wasn't ventured four years ago. And just the thought of doing this trip made me feel even better given this dark period. With this I contacted Reece and Andrea to see if they were keen as they were also meant to come with us and do this trip four years ago (also invited Mike) . They agreed and we decided to make this a camping trip. Long hours drive later, we find ourselves at the Tapotupotu campsite. Having some wine, bourbon, sandwiches and sandwiches. Watched the sunset by the beach as we were fishing for our dinner and as nightfall struck the stars came out to play. I wish I could've taken a photo but a photo would not do it justice. Being away from the city and all the lights really brings out the stars out these ways. Saw a couple of shooting stars and did the whole wish thing. We all know its bogus but hey guy can dream can't he? As I was looking up at the stars I felt a sense of wholeness. Other than another jacket, I didn't want or need anything else in my life. In that moment I was perfection. And this feeling kept going throughout this trip. During the visit to lighthouse. During my sleep in my tent. During all the rustling and the storm that hit us that first night. During our 2 hour hike over the terrain and into a secluded beach area and 2 hour hike back to base. During our stroll and fishing on the rocks by the beach and almost being washed off by giant waves. Even during our return trip back into Auckland. I felt this wholeness and with this mindset I can say it is the most happiness I've found in a long while. Made me forget about all the negativity in my life and As we packed down our tents I took a swig for mother nature and I poured one for mother nature too. As I stood there admiring the beauty of this place. The wind whispered into my bottle and made a noise that I could only describe as a thank you from the Cape itself Thank you Cape Reinga for being real and will see you next time. NEXT STOP: Soul Trip Volume II || Gold Coastin
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Christopher R. Pascualis an artist from Auckland, New Zealand who expresses the weird through writing, photographs, paintings and lifestyle. Archives
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