Te Kowhai Landing Taupo

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Rain, rain, go away..........

A travel blog entry by helentomandamy

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... the day, Amy was pretty good at entertaining herself as usual. After a warm up of "around the cushion 4357 times" then a quick session of screaming, she was ready for her day. We managed to squeeze a quick walk to the lake side and feed the ducks. As usual, Amy ate at least half the bread. She would have probably waded in for the other half back if we hadn't moved on fairly sharpish.
The evening was a combination of reading, and seeing how ...

I guess I just like jumping out from high places

A travel blog entry by 1stclasscamping

... I went to some hot springs to relax. Then I went to a big waterfall, where I met some kids from a hostel nearby. There was a Kiwi, some Scotts, some Germans, and some Norwegians. They were all staying at a lodge in the town, so instead of camping out I ended up spending all day with them and crashing at the lodge.

We went (as a group) back to the hot springs, and then to a big rope swing over a freezing cold river, so I ...

Taupo

A travel blog entry by peteyoung

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... you can see the 3 volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro) which make up the Tongariro National Park. It was the first place in the world that UNESCO granted the 'World Heritage Site' tag to for spiritual and cultural values to the indigenous Maori. Along with this it also holds dual World Heritage status for it's outstanding natural value.

It's this National Park that I'll be trekking across tomorrow, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing which has ...

Champion

A travel blog entry by fifi88

... on. We saw a band called Kora who I assume are famous in New Zealand because everyone was mouthing the words to their songs and doing some pretty crazy dancing. For the final, the atmosphere was pretty intense- lots of flag-waving and people dressed up and everyone was very happy when the AB’s won (by one point!).

During the day, we went to a thermal park called Craters of the Moon which I thought was a very misleading name. Not only were there not that ...

High in the sky

A travel blog entry by reanna

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... as the Irish vs. Wales rugby match was on, and while being in New Zealand (the host country) you kind of can’t help but get into it. Unfortunately the Irish lostL and then it was the England vs. France game, and England lostL. Claire being Irish and our Bus driver Ross being English were both very sad after the games and we walked back to the hostels. It made for some fun rivalries while watching the games though!

My hostel, how excited I was ...

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