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Day 190
... spent relatively quietly. Sit in the hot tub again for a bit, then it’s time to pack up again as off early tomorrow to the East Cape. Unfortunately my dorm is now occupied by the ‘Swedish laughing girls’, who chat and laugh extremely loudly. It’s feckin’ annoying. And unbelievably, snoring dude has been replaced by another snoring dude! Am going to have to lie on my hands to prevent myself from throttling ...
Sheep show and Tamaki Maori village
... and he loved to poke fun at the different expressions that are used in different countries. For Canada he teased us about saying "eh!". At one point he sang "here we go round the mulberry bush" while driving the bus around and around a traffic circle. We must have gone around about 6 times. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard.
On Friday we are off to Hobbiton. The weather is supposed to be great. I can't ...
Real Volcanic Activity
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Annabel: Firstly, sorry if you find that piece above a bit hard to read, Conor was rather tired when he wrote it so it’s not the most coherent writing ever! So, for the Maori evening we all got taken over to the village by shuttle bus, and for each bus group of people there had to be an elected chief. On our bus we tried to nominate the amazing American, Noodles! But he was not so keen so in the end it was one of the Gay brothers who ...
Ohrensausen
... unheimlich laute Geräuschkulisse verursachten. Auf gewissen Wegstücken schwirrte uns immer wieder mal einer der strammen Brummer hart am Gesicht vorbei und unsere Köpfe, bedeckt mit Kappe und Kapuze, wurden auch schon mal als Landeplatz missbraucht.
Trotz den zeitweiligen, etwas unangenehmen Kollisionen war diese Wanderung in jeder Hinsicht ein Hochgenuss. Es war sonnig und ...
Day 30 & 31Rotorua
Today was a big travel day, we left the Coromandel and drove along the beautiful roads for a few hours and decided to stop off on our way down to Rotorua at a beach in Opoutere. To get to the beach you had to walk through a forest and the beach although a bit rainy was lovely. We walked up and down the beach to stretch our legs then it was another long drive to Rotorua. We eventually found a YHA to stay in as we were going to camp but the ...


