HOT WATER BEACH AT MIDNIGHT

Let's just talk about last night. Never in my life have I experienced something so cool, I mean it was probably at par with some of the things I saw on GeoJourney; but this was so much more unique.
Last night, around 10 o'clock I left Hamilton with Kirill, Alana, and Sadie and went on an hour or so roadtrip to a hot water beach in Kawhia . Moderately spontaneous, in the fact that I had no idea where we were going or what to expect. See, back home you have curfews on beaches, and even if you didnt, they are so inhabited by crabs that you can't stand on the beach for more than 30 minutes without getting pinched or at least scared. Last night was nothing like this.
One we arrived at the beach we walked, in the dark, up a giant sand dune that basically took the life out of me. Not only because it was extremely steep and I'm hella out of shape, but also added on top of the fact that the roads to the beach we're curvy enough for me to relive my memories of puking in the car as a child.
Continuing, once we got down the the beach it was complete darkness; only the stars and the moon; which was probably the brightest moon I have ever seen in my life, reflecting off the water. You could literally see the reflection of the stars on the sand and on the water. You could barely see the dark outline of the sand dunes and cliffs in the distance, and the clouds covering the sky. We we're the only ones there. The way you can see the Milky Way down here is unbelievable. To top it all off, there was little bits of phosphorous in the water that lit up to a light green color and sparked on the sand and quickly extinguished. It was completely unreal, I felt like I was on another planet.
The idea of the hot water beaches here is that you search around for a hot spot in the sand, dig a giant hole and sit in the hot water. The sand and water is located on top of some geothermal phenomenon; or something like that, where hot water comes from under the sand. Unfortunately, the tide was too high for us to dig a hole, but we actually got to sink our feet into the sand and feel the, sometimes boiling hot, water on our feet. All surrounded by great conversation. We didnt leave until almost 2:30 in the morning, getting back to Hamilton at about 3:45. Needless to say I am exhausted, but every second of last night was totally worth feeling like this today.