I missed it the first time in went to NP. I did however see the Paritutu Rock - which I thought was the mountain, and out of sheer politeness I kept shut about it... but couldn't help thinking how on earth they managed to shoot a whole movie on this "mountain".. the other thing i was thinking was that the naki folk were all crazy for calling it a mountain. :lol:
but 3 days later, I saw the mountain and was gob smacked at how big it really was - in comparison to the Rock.
NP is one of my favourite cities though.
DG - the beaches there, (particularly oakura) are really good. Nice waves.