Taihape, New Zealand

... last left off in Taupo, where we were ready to head off to the River Valley Lodge. Monday morning we boarded the bus to Taihape (Tie-happy), with our English friend, Rachel #2. After trying to find a quick remedy for some bus-induced nausea (Jodie and I ...

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After spotting a sign at the side of the road we veered off and headed for the'Gravity Canyon' Lisa and i did the Flying fox. Good fun. Massive climb up. Harrnessed up connected to a zip line. We hurtled at 160mph down in to the canyon and along for ...

...  campsite and the whole place was ace, just outside the main town, which was a lovely little town. On the way to Taihape we drove through a cool town called Feilding, another place we liked on our way. We stopped at some sightseeing places, and we ...

And so a couple of bus trips later we arrived first in North Island via the capital Wellington and then a few days later in the River Valley Adventure Lodge.  Gemma and Jenna had heard on the grapevine about the possiblity of 'slaving' at the Lodge ...