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It's Gotta be Magic & Maori Time
... daughter who swam across a lake to the island where her beloved lived to be with him. While it was lovely to see this traditional way of life, during the show, I did wonder to myself how true a representation this really was of the people and their lifestyle, and how much was added on (like the acoustic guitar) to please the audience's expectations. Finally, it was dinner time! We trooped into our table and patiently waited for our meal, while getting the opportunity to meet ...
The Perfect Day
... trace of yesterday's miserable weather; instead we were greeted by a cloudless sky and a beaming sun providing more warmth than we have had in our entire trip to New Zealand.
We have spoken to locals both here and in Auckland and without fail each of them has mentioned how incredible the mountain biking is in this town. Bearing this in mind we decided today would be the ideal day to put these claims to the test for ourselves. We ...
The Shire
... 40C looking out to the stars and the moonlit river. We lie back and try to relax and let the warm water and bubbles take away some more of the stress from yesterday. It does wonders and we walk back to the van feeling refreshed and putting the incident firmly behind us! We make ourselves some dinner and settle into bed in the van and put on a film… Lord of the Rings, of course!
The next day we get up and head to the shops ...
The Gates of Hell
... is at a constant 100-110°C so they use this for cooking their vegetables. Another is at a constant 40-50°C and they use this for bathing. And many of the steam vents that dot the landscape have been bricked round and turned into natural slow cookers where they cook their meat.
To be honest when the guide first told us this I was thinking "yeah right, maybe in the ...
Two Ladies and Team Barter
... left over bits and pieces and large photographs and information boards showing you what it would have looked like.
However, they have since been filming The Hobbit, and rebuilt everything! In fact, the set is even larger than before! They also decided to leave it all as it is after filming, so you can see the whole village set out as it would be in the films. The only bit that we were not able to get close to was the Green Dragon Inn and the Mill, because they ...
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