July 16th
Rotorua,
North Island,
New Zealand
Saturday, August 9, 2008
July 16th
Slep in again this morning, I think it's becomming a habit now but I'm going to bed at 11-12 ish so that might account for it. I had breakfast and did a crossword puzzel then did the usual morning routine and got dressed. I went in to town to get some money for ZORBing and the use the internet at an iInfo site. After retreiving some mulah I went on the internet but only to discover it's pritty useless because the computer doesn't sense it's USB ports so I couldn't post anything for my blog. I did however send some e-mails and read some of the ones you guys sent me so that wasn't a total waist of time. I've also started looking for dollar stores during my time down here, as well as salvation armies or used good stores. I've found them to be were I find the best buys.
I found a dollar store that sold art supplies but they weren't selling them for a dollar :( I didn't find anything else interesting in there, well interesting that I could take home anyway. They sold wigs and garden utensils and costumes as well as fabricks and sewing tools as well as a lot more. I ate lunch at a park in the goverment gardens which are very nice, structured landscapes. There are small sperows there, well everywere really, who aren't affraid of humans anymore and are very friendly. I fed them sum of the crumbs from my sandwitch, but don't tell anyone. Anyway all of this took over my whole morning and I wasn't able to go do any ZORBing.
I returned home so that me and my mom could go to the lake Rotoiti hot springs. Because we are time share guests we got to go to the hot springs for free on a house boat fairy. There were a few other families who came with us, introducing us to the other time share opertunists. There were four families including me and my mom, a yougn cupple with two young kids; one was nine months old and the otehr was three. There was a mother with three kids, one son and two daughters, and there was also a mother with three children; one son and two daughters but these were younger then the first I mentioned. All children were younger then I.
The hot springs were marvelous. There were 6 pools of varying temperatures going from clodest to hottest. There was one pool near the mens changerooms that was supposed to be the hottest tub but it was empty. We also had the option of swimming in the lake. We spent most of our time in the hottest pool and talked with the others. The air smelled like sulfur and after bathing in it for an hour you start to smell like sulfur too. Our fairy driver warned us that it takes a few washes to get the smell out of towels and suppied us with some so that we needn't use our own. He was rite and our bathings suits stink. We however were clensed of our sulfuric sent after a nice warm shawer.
I also enjoyed a meel at the Duxton Hotel restarant with my mother. We were to receive a three course meal that was specially cooked for the time share guests. It would cost us 39$ each but I think is was worth it. Mom ordered the soup of the day which turned out to be rosted tomato and chives and I recieved a ceaser salad, with real anchovies and olives! XD The main course consisted of roasted chiken breast served over a bed of rice that has been covered in a mango/coconut curry sause with vegitables that were infused with yummy flavour. Needless to say we enjoyed it very much. For desert we were served a apple hazelnut crumble with vanilla ice cream and a strawberry. After this we were served tea and each recieved two cups out of the hot water they provided.
I then went to use the internet here at the Duxton Hotel near out time share in hopes of posting some blogs. My hopes were dashed however because the internet was very slow and took forever to do anything. It was tempting fate to try and post blogs on TravelPod. I posted one blog, and it said I was in Cambodia because I don't know how to spell kataiya :( (I don't think that's spelled right).
INTERNET SUCKS
HugZ
Sabine Ng
