After my cats pyjama adventure I headed off for the cathedral cove. This is a big cove that can be walked through when the tides are low. It was very nice. The weather started out cloudy but it cleared up when I got there. After the coves I moved over Tauranga. It was raining a 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)
Apparently we caught Rotorua on a good day - good in the sense the whole town didn’t stink of rotten eggs. We didn’t really stick around for long, just a night, but I got up nice and early to have a look at the park across the road from the hostel which was dotted with holes Read More »
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 »
We made it to Rotorua later in the afternoon, we could see and smell the town before we got there. The steam and smell rises from the geothermal areas well above the town. Stopped at a park in the center of town and had acloser look at these interesting places. The water is really hot you can hear Read More »
Well, we arrived in Rotorua about an hour ago and it lives up to its name of the ‘smelly city’. The smell of sulphur is certainly in the air, although it’s not as bad as I thought it might be. Now, to update you on what else has happened…. We flew out at 11.40 on Read More »
Well we decided to head off early, so I met Bobby down at this hostel around 10am, and after packing up the car, which is only just big enough to get one bag in the boot, we headed off. We had an addition to our posse, Phil from essex, who was getting a lift down Read More »
Heya all, So after leaving Raglan, a place I would never want to leave, I’ve arrived in Rotorua, a geothermal town in the central north island. Rotorua stinks! It smells of sulfar all day, every day! But, there are some fun things to do here, this morning I went Zorbing. You hope in a giant ball 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 »
