Plui lontan di cusi e je dome le lune. Dopo 2 dis di viaz, o rivi a Hamilton, Gnove Zelande. Mi ven a cjoli Devid Cudicio di Torean di Cividat. Insieme o nin a cjata Doro Zanini di Udin, che al vif a Taupo. Doro al pase 6 mes in Gnoze Zelande e 6 mes in Friul. Le so pasion cumo che ale in pension e je che dal pescja. Al partis tal scur a cinc di...

After the skydiving on Saturday I took it a little easy yesterday and just hung around town. I went for a walk to Harku Falls (meaning foaming water) following the river for an hour. It was a refreshing break from some cold, scary activity like the last couple of days I enjoyed the rest. Today after some great views of Lake Taupo (the largest la...

Bused it back up to Taupo today. Journey was pretty long but got exciting as we neared Taupo as heading over the mountains it began snowing. It was a real blizzard and our bus driver was getting nervous about the road getting shut. Thankfully we made it through unharmed and checked into our hostel. Played on the internet for a bit that afternoon...

Walked out to the Huka Falls today, which were pretty cool. Along the walk we stopped off to watch some bungee jumpers scream as they plunged down towards the river. Weren't even tempted to do it ourselves. The walk took a little longer that expected and as usual involved several hills! But it was worth it when we got there. We were mesmerized b...

For a very long time now I have had the desire to needlessly jump out of a perfectly good airplane. There is something about extreme heights that enthralls me. A tandem skydive was the perfect answer and word on the street is that Taupo is the best place for this. I arrived at Taupo Tandem Skydive centre late in the afternoon on Easter Sunday an...

We visited the Maori rock painting and Buried Village (buried from quakes) and having turned up at the Blue Lake viewpoint, we decided in seconds that we would jog the 5km track rather than walk it. Luckily we set out before questioning our rather bizarre decision because of course in a camper you can do this and then shower, in the car park, on...

Last night we decided to get a decent dinner and Scott had a thirst for some steak. He got a steak, but was a bit disappointed at how "gamey" it was. I decided it was because they were free range hormone free "happy" cows and thus were not as tender as our grain/hormone fed, stand in one place cows. I, on the other hand, opted for a steak pie wi...

We arrived lateish from Waitomo so only 4 people got to do the sky dive today but the rest will hopefully - it's always difficult to predict the weather here, and obviously for safety reasons you can only jump in certain conditions. Me and Helen from the bus are the only 2 out of about 24 of us not jumping - I'm actually quite surprised how many...

It's happy hour at the internet cafe right now so Molly and I are happily indulging ourselves. We were hoping that they might serve drinks while we type away but I suppose that cheap internet is all they offer. Unfortunate. So here we are in Taupo, finishing up our last day of this mini holiday. On Saturday morning we watched Mike pack up his st...

Except for the occasional family tip, Molly and I have never been frequent customers of McDonalds. Now that we're on the ultimate road trip however, we have found that there lies a special traveler-restaurant relationship between us and McDonalds and we now stop by as often as possible; not necessarily for the food, but rather for the free fun a...