Omori Lake House Turangi
31 Omori Road Turangi, North Island, New Zealand
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Just did a sky dive!!
Oh my god, I can't believe we just did it, it took a bit of guts, but we did our first ever sky dive. It was sooo amazing, I want to go back up again!
Also in Taupo been prawn fishing(!), which was actually quite addictive and also went on the Huka Falls Jet, which is a jet boat that goes 360 degrees and very fast up to the waterfalls. …
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WARNING: dirty mucky story
... advantage as he has no sense of smell whatsoever!
Arrived and were given a plastic box for our clothes. Once into our “swimmers” we headed off to the mud pool where we were only allowed 20 minutes – for health reasons. Three steps down into the pool and the mud started to squelch under your feet and boy was the water warm until you got accustomed to it. A very strange sensation really, but once you got some mud in your ...
Rainbows!!! They are beautiful jumpers
... It was nice to be out on the lake.
Would have liked to talk with the captain longer. He was an interesting bloke claiming to have had at least 50 different jobs in his lifetime. It turns out his wife was in the hospital having suffered a heart attack 2 days ago so he thought it would be good to get out fishing. The Kiwi men are different. ...
Mystical Kayak Adventure
... weren't what I expected, but they were all good. Grassy areas for our tents nearly side by side, a sheltered bench and table for food prep, a water tap, and composting toilets. I was pretty uncomfortable on the hard ground (my sleeping pad was useless), but by the third night I had worked out sleeping on my life jacket and spray skirt, which made it much more tolerable. I had decided not to bother with a camping stove and cooking gear, so I ...
Backpacker SLASH hitchhiker
... a 2 minute drive. Just time to eat my cake and put on my "togs" (swimming costume).
Perfect!
The rafting itself was, as usual, enormous fun with stunning scenery, waterfalls and wildlife. The rapids were tamer than I'm used to in Africa, but longer and more frequent. We also got to do a bit of cliff jumping and swimming in the river, but not too much or we may have come out with a layer of ice over our bodies...
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