We left wellington and headed fro rotorua, a journey that took about 4 hours in total. On the way we called i at a place caleld taupo to watch mad people doing the iron man comp, (4 km swim, 400 m run, 180km bike ride, then a marathon!). We only stopped breifly, and it was raining. Vern got out to take photos, and then some woman ran over saying...

Sampon kortti Jussille ja Tuulikille, Coromandel, Uusi-Seelanti Hei Tuulikki ja Jussi. Me olemme nähneet kovia aaltoja ja minä pääsin niihin uimaan. yksi poika luuli minua satuttavansa, mutta minua ei sattunut. T: sampo

Back in Fiji at Club Masa, our buddy Justin told us about this music fest in Rotorua right when we would be there, and we were freaking thrilled! Outdoor music and beer in the sun and dancing. It's our favorite thing to do. Rotorua, or RottenEggFart-orua is a lovely town in the middle of the thermal area of the north island. That means the whole...

Kia Ora from Rotorua, a town in New Zealand's north island. Since our last blog we've been up to all sorts of stupidity so where should I begin? Let's try Dunedin. We signed off last time intending to visit the Cadbury factory and go on a wildlife tour. We did both and we now know how they make chocolate (combining milk, sugar and cocoa beans pr...

its that that bad i guess. ive stopped in rotorua, with the aim of going white water rafting, but the rivers were closed when i enquired, but late last night i found out that someone was still running a tour friday ( today ) so i got up and called this morning, to found out there full! im staying in Rotorua for 2 nights for the reason to raft, b...

The day of falls involved a small walk to Marokopa falls (36m), then to Huka falls(11m - but very wide). the drive and walks were spectacular, and we even saw Mount Doom - Mt. Ngaurohe and the Tongariro range.

Finally left Hahae for Rotorua the geo-thermal town with all the mud pools and geysers and it all smells of sulphur. That evening we went for a maori culture night where we had our food cooked for us and we met one of the local maori's called Slim a big guy but very nice he told us about the maori culture and how they came to NZ and then he show...