Our time in New Zealand was “sweet as” according to the local slang. In other words – rather good. After our time up north of Auckland, we headed out on the Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast for a few days at Hot Water Beach and Cathedral Cove – one of our favorite beaches so far. Hot Water Beach is one the few places where a thermal spring bubbles up from the sand and allows you to create your own hot tub on the beach when the tide…