Today we got up early and loaded the cars with all of our gear. We went to Denny’s in town to get some breakfast since we had a long day of driving ahead of us. We got the atlas out and planned our route until our breakfast came. After we finished eating we stopped at Read More »
We began our trip in Rotorua, NZ. We went rappeling down waterfalls while caving, zorbing, hungi with some Maori’s, and got to know lots of people sudying abroad from the states. I loved rapelling down waterfalls We arrived in Dunedin on Fourth of July but no celebration this year. (just like my birthday that was non-existent)
First stop Rotorua… Waitomo Cave Tubing Put on a wet suit and a hard hat, grab an innertube and descend into the caves. The tour was pretty cool and you get see plenty of glow worms. They are worms that live in the caves and their ass glow blue. In total darkness it looks like Read More »
Man this places stinks! Its a natrual therma thingy! Which means it has lots of holes in the ground full of gases, hot bubbling water and mud. The hostel (hot rocks) I stayed in used to be a old school and it really shows! I went to a nice English pub for dinner, it was Read More »
With just a few days left on the North Island, and a lot of the main attractions still to see, we headed for Rotorua, NZ’s thermal capital. The top of the North Island is alive with volcanic activity and fissures in the Earth’s surface so we were expecting it to be like no other place Read More »
Decided to stay at the same Backpackers as i did with Charlie as i knew where it was etc. We arrived there very late and we were both very tired so we decide to chill out and watch TV, in the TV room we met a Brit couple called Stu and Caroline chatted to them Read More »
Dude, when you step out of the bus all you can smell is Egg, i’ve never smelt anything so bad or strong, had me and charlie shouting out loud arhhhhh!!! a few times. Other then the smell is has the most thermal pools and spars ever and after walking around Kuirau park which has loads of Read More »
This thing is going to time out in a minute so the writing might just stop and you’ll have to hold on with baited breath for the installment about the eggy city…. Anyway we arrived in Rotorua on Friday afternoon after spending a lovely night in Waitomo at an absolutely fantastic YHA lodge there – Read More »
Gemma: Ha ha! This will teach you all to complain about our lack of blogging – we suggest you settle down with a cup of tea before you start reading, you could be a while… Our desire for a good saturday night out was definitely fulfilled by the funky bars of Auckland’s more upmarket area – Ponsonby Road. We Read More »
Rotorua – Breathe in the Sulpher rich air of Rotorua and youve already got a taste of NZ most Dynamic thermal area with Spurting Geysers, Steaming hot Springs and Exploding Mud pools. The Maori revered this unigue topograpghy , naming one of the most spectacualr areas Waiotapu (sacred water) Today maoris cultural performances and Hangi Read More »
