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Eggy fart!
From the Tongoriro Crossing we went north, first stopping off in Taupo, the hope was that here Toby would skydive but after a load of bad weather that didn't happen. However we still had a pretty good time, when we first arrived we bumped into a friend from Franz Josef and she told us about these hot pools down by the river, so the following day we …
Hitch hiking in the rain
This morning I got dropped off on the outside of Cambridge, pointed in the direction of Rotoura/taupo. I had set it into my head to go to Taupo where I could do the Tongariro track crossing. Its a tramp across the three volcanic mountians in the area, about a day of hiking. However as I walked south the weather became worse and my hopes for being …
Ummm Eggs
Max and Steph booked a few days off work so we decided to go on a mini road trip. We headed to Rotorua. It was still raining but we made the best of it and headed to a Polensian Spa.
Rotorua is highly volcanic with natural hot springs, geezers and mud pools bubbling out all over the area. This gives the town a very pungent smell of eggs due …
We're in an active volcanic area.......!!
So this morning we were up early to head to the car rental place to pick up our wheels for the day. It wasn't exactly the Mini Cooper Fran was hoping for, or the Ferrari Chris was hoping for. But for $65, what did we expect?! It had 4 wheels and fitted us and our belongings in it, so we were good to go! As it was still only 8.30am, we had plenty of …
What's that nasty smell?!?!
We arrived in Rotorua yesterday evening after a 5 hour coach journey from Auckland. When we arrived were headed for the YHA hostel,but on the way, we spotted a different hostel and ended up staying there. The guy who ran it explained that the hostel was really quiet at the moment, so he gave us a pretty good deal on a room. (Still expensive, but …
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