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And I thought the volcanic island would be scary
... the island I thought some one had thrown up as that is what it smelled like to me. Then I clued in that it was the island itself emitting the rotten eggs/vomit smell. While on the island we saw what they call the sulphur chimneys. They are small but bright yellow chimneys that have been formed by the sulphur emitted through various cracks that vent the gases and liquid bubbling away just below the surface on White Island. We also stopped to have a look at the large Crater Lake. ...
White Island Wonders
... Ocean!! Very exciting! However!! Those who know me well and those who done't will probably know that I am terrified and I mean freakin' terrified of wobbly boats!! so! the only way to the White Island wharf thingy is by rubber dinghy! Yes you heard right! Frikckin' rubber frickin' dinghy!!.But! I always think things will be ok and I always at least try. (more in a minute)
The trip started at 10.30am, usually its 9.15 but they had to dredge the harbour of sand ...
Raglan - Matata
2/4/12
Today we were back on the road again, with a long way to go. We drove across to Hamilton and filled up on petrol and food before re-joining the SH1 to Cambridge where we refused to pay 50c for a toilet had a brief look at some shops and bought ourselves a subway. Cambridge was quite nice but very busy and we were quite unimpressed by with NZs version of the culture UK city. Leaving SH1 for the SH29 we drove past Matamata through ...
Nut farm, more boosting, breaking the law, BLAT
... story about the bear on the deck. It made me smile because a local NZ fellow thought I was saying "bear" when I was asking him about a "beer". Sometimes our accents make things a bit tricky in conversation.
And, yes, Diane is going to post her Favorites very soon now. At the moment she is deeply immersed in searching out sights and activities for Rotorua which is where we are headed next.
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Stinky city, Zorb, and the Browings Batch!
... br> Later, Curt and Katee were feeling quite adventurous and wanted to give the Zorb a try. The Zorb is a huge inflated ball where you get into the middle of it, they fill it with a bunch of water, and then push you down a hill! Only Kiwi's come up with this stuff. One track is a zig/zag, which they wanted and paid for (it's more) and one is just straight down the hill, which is the one they got. Whoops! "No ...
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