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... like millions of tiny fairy lights. Its hard to believe that they are actually living creatures and its not a special effect! It was only a 45 minute tour though as that was the cheapest option, and then it was time to move on...

Rotorua
The first thing I should tell you about Rotorua is that it STINKS!! OF STALE EGGS!! We didnt appreciate it really, in fact, at times we were actually feeling sick ...

... so organised I popped downstairs to the travel desk to confirm my place on the Magic Bus (a hop-on, hop-off tour to Wellington via several stops) which, according to my ticket, was going to pick me up early the next morning. BUT ALAS, it was not to be. Magic Bus leaves on even days during winter. Some idiot booked me, and even printed me a TICKET for the 7th, an odd day, which doesn't actually exist. SIGH. Without going into too many boring ...

... reproductive organs in their heads! Until, that is, they caught a female later on and she also had this collection of sperm, it is in fact a type of oil which later proved highly valuable in many countries and still does today in those nations that still allow whaling. Unfortunately for the whales, the name stuck!

The tour was, like everything we had come to love about NZ, very well organised and exceeded all expectations. We saw amazing mountainous ...

This has to be a rushed one, because I have been next door at Belinda's ( my lovely neighbor) -having a `Catch-Up' with a very nice bottle of Sauvignon Blanc , -Belinda was in charge of mowing my lawns while I was away:):) The first photo is ` A sample of our Evening Meal in our apartment (accompanied of course by a very nice Armenian Red) Marion and I having YET another yummy lunch -the rest are of the most awesome Day's ...

Two more sleeps to go. Two more sleeps till I jump on board an Air NZ (cry) flight to Brisbane, Australia to meet up with my family to begin the final stages of preparation for our wee excursion to the UK and Europe next Tuesday. Two more sleeps and I haven't started packing yet. In typical fashion all I've done so far is get my suitcase out of the closet - and I was so determined to be super ...

last night was the maori cultural evening, we were picked up about 7.30 just after it had started tipping it down and driven to waitangi about 10 minutes away, now as i said earlier waitangi has a lot of significance because it was where the treaty between the maori and the europeans was signed. three of our party volunteered as chiefs for the night and had to undergo a traditional maori ...

... now I can only buy 49 cents for that same Kiwi dollar. Yoweee! But I don't care. Not now. One of the extraordinary things about being involved in a Cambodian volunteer teaching project is that I dream about this place nearly every single night. Somehow the place is etched deep into my brain. A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of meeting another volunteer to Savong's School - an American from New Mexico, Holger ...

... with exciting scenary with lava, boiling mud, geysers, and hot pool. Especially, Champagne Pool and Lady Knox Geyser in Wai-O-Tapu were excellent. Wakarewarewa, Te Whakarewarewatangaoteopetauaawahiao, was also a good attraction, where we could see a traditional carving factory, mud pools, Maori houses, kiwi birds and so on. Hell's Gate was similar, but it had a mud bath. I also liked Rainbow Springs & Farm, where we could see a full of trout, some birds and a fun sheep ...

We chilled out in Otorohanga for rather longer than planned as it was about the only non-rainy place for miles; maddeningly the South Island had perfect weather! So this left us with only one night before our arrival in Auckland, which we spent in a stunningly located if slightly grubby surfie hangout in Raglan, sleeping in a converted railway carriage and listening to a skate-park entrepreneur from the States who is really rather embarrassed about where he ...