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Great Boat Trip
Woke up to beautiful blue skies and much warmer today, sunshine all day. Start our drive on the Thermal Explorer Highway from Napier and once again the landscape is stunning.
A 1 ½ hr boat trip on Lake Taupo, an extinct volcano (the largest volcanic eruption recorded by man), took us to see some impressive Maori rock carving only …
Taupo and the new bus
... told that time was running a bit tight so we would be picked up from here and taken straight to the skydiving venue! This was it... There was no turning back as soon as we got into the skydive bus we were committing ourselves to actually doing it! I have to admit that every time Lizzy had a mini freak out, I was secretly really hoping she would completely back out which would mean I could just blame her for us not being able to do it! Unfortunately this was not the ...
Le bonheur est dans le pré!
... vue de faire absolument. Les Huka Falls, ce sont des chutes d'eau, à quelques kilomètres de la ville. Les eaux de la Waikato River viennent se jeter dans le lac Taupo en passant dans un très étroit goulot.
L'I-site nous réserve un petit bus qui nous emmène sur environ 8kms jusqu'aux chutes. Dans le bus, nous sommes à côté d'un monsieur avec qui nous discutons. Il connaît bien la France, comme énormément de néo-zélandais. Il y a été en voyage et connaît ...
Een samenvating van de afgelopen dagen
... je het zand op een bepaalde plek weg moet scheppen. Uit de kuil die je hebt gemaakt komt dan heet water. Dit is zo bizar. Inmiddels was het nl al donker en best koud, maar toch konden mensen in hun zwemkleding in zo’n warme kuil gaan liggen. Het was hilarisch om mee te maken en heel bijzonder dat zoiets kan.
Glowworms
In Raglan zijn we na het eten een klein stukje gewandeld over ...
Gushing water, fishing and racial stereotypes
... jet boat to see these falls...there are viewing platforms EVERYWHERE! We also went for a comedy look at the prawn fishing attraction...you can actually go to Huka prawn and catch your own prawn (oh and get a tour of the hatcheries), being on a budget we skipped it (honestly we would have skipped it even if we were billionaires...though it was quite a hit with Asian tourists for some reason...potentially they just like prawns!)
There is a giant King of the ...
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