Clarion Suites Sacred Waters Taupo

... parkingu dla saneczek - Kirsty przysiega ze ostro rypnalem glowa w barierke - ale ja tego nie pamietam z powodu zaklopotania i smiechu dookola - cale szczescie mielismy kaski). Tak przy okazji notka do Romka - tym razem pamietalismy zeby sposcic barierke zabezpieczajaca na wyciagu krzeselkowym ;)

Po tych przygodach pojechalismy na wieczor to Thames, skad mielismy zaczac nasza dwudniowa wycieczke w gory (patrz nastepny blog).

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... attractions are. First of all I stopped by the Huka Falls and after that by Aratiatia Rapids, which play significant role in country's hydro-power generation. The flow was pretty strong at both sites. Wairakei Terraces reminded me that I was in thermal zone.
From a lookout point and along the shore there were great views over the three peaks of volcanic Tongariro NP, one of the most spectacular sights in ...

... my fist through a wall. BUT, we made the best of a less than ideal situation. We had on all of our hiking gear, our boots, our camelbaks, the hiking sticks. We looked ridiculous by NZ standards where apparently all anyone ever needs is "trainers" and it's "ok to look the part," but certainly not necessary. Yeah...whatever. So we heard that you could hike up Mt. Tuahara outside of town. It was about a 2 hour round trip from the trail head ...

... for an hour or so me, ian from london and sascha and florian both german blokes. that turned into a general lets go out and see the nightlife sort of move and i ended up pub and bar hopping for the first time in new zealand - rolling in with florian at 2.45 am (the others couldn't last the pace and bailed earlier) the town is lively of a weekend although I'm now convinced kiwi men know very little ...

... brave enough to do a Sky Dive were going to be jumping from. They were all getting very nervous! I am not feeling crazy enough to do a sky dive yet, but I think the time may come in the next few weeks! haha... The rest of us checked into the hostel and me and a Dutch girl walked to the Taupo lake and had a sunbathe and a dip in the water. Beautiful! The biggest lake i've ever seen and the scenery and mountains ...

... to do with surface tension apparently). We were first in the carpark and so decided to have a drink while we waited. By the time we'd finished though, the place was heaving - the mini-amphitheatre next to the geyser was completely full. The 'show' was impressive - what began as a slow bubbling akin to a pan boiling over quickly rising to a fill 10m blast like a smashed fire hydrant in an American car-chase movie. Once it had reached this stage though, there wasn't much more ...

... roads, so it was quite draining. When we arrivedin taupo , we were bothe quite tired and to make matters worse, the weather was very poor that day, dark and rainy so we had a wander around the town, where we had a delicious burger for a late lunch. That evening, we just got a takeaway pizza from Pizza Hut and enjoyed the bottle of wine that bought in Marlborough River. It was very nice.

... meant to spend the night at Hihai (hot water beach) but the weather warnings were so bad, so we headed straight to Raglan. Once at Raglan the power was out so we sat with candles and a fire. There's only 7 on the bus so we all hung out together. We prepared dinner by candle light then we all went to the pub to watch the all blacks match! Sunday we headed to Rotorua, we left 2 boys at Raglan ...

... drizzle.



We stopped off at the tourist centre, Katie to enquire about tonight's accomodation, and me to enquire about where I could watch the Ricky Hatton fight which started in 40 minutes!

I visited a few of their suggestions, learnt that no-one was showing it live (it costs NZ ...

... to Queenstown soon as "Winterfestival" starts on the 23rd, so my plans might change. Anyway, the bus took us up Mt. Victoria - the views of the city and harbour were amazing from up there and you could really feel the wind pushing you, the vibe in the air here is really good too - I can tell that I am going to like it a lot. An early night was had as we were so shattered from our escapades in Taupo, and I finally managed to catch up with my journal!!!