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Kia Ora (Hello/Welcome in Maori) !
Hello Everybody!!
Well what a engaged week and a bit! We are now in Wellington having made our way down through the north atoll touching on nearly everything there is to see!! It really has been a hectic few days.
We left Auckland and journied to the east strand to a small village (most places in NZ are exceptionally skimpy and when they say a city they actually mean city!!) called Hahei. This village offers earth-shaking views of and is home to many of the shots in Prince Caspian and numerous other films. It is also cuttingly to Cathederal Cove a very well known NZ noteworthy (a rock with a hole in it really on the ground) and we did the two hour walk to the cove and back. It was pleasurable and almost Fiji like with all the little islands dotted around. This was our first day on the bus and we had a rank BBQ that nite and stayed in a holiday greens. It was cold and because we are normally in bed these days by 10pm we didnt realise fitting how cold it can get here at nite!!
The next day we got back on the bus and went to the west slide, still fairly north and visited another close village named Raglan. This is THE place in NZ to surf!! It was unquestionably cool to watch, but no, this is one thing i did not bid!! Apparently the longest wave ever ridden was done here (10mins!!!) We stayed in a hillside apartment just out of the town, so unfortuantly did not get to see too much, but i propose b assess the main attraction really is the surfing.
It absolutely has been all go, because the next day we visited the Waitomo caves. My Maori is identically as good as my Fijian now and Waitomo means 'be indefensible hole'. Here, we did this tour http://www.waitomospellbound.co.nz/aboutSpellbound.htm it was at the end of the day amzing and the glow-worms were Wonderful!! Topped with tea and biscuits in between caves it could not have been improve. Most people went for the black unreservedly urinate rafting option through the caves but the swimming with eels put me off that and evidently they saw hardly any glow-worms so i contemplate we made the rite choice. In the afternoon we then made our way back accross to the east coast for our Maori cultural unendingly. We stayed in a Maori welcoming company and ate the traditional meal of hangi (steamed meats, fish and veg - normally potato and pumpkin) and literate the traditional maori dances - the girls learnt the poi and the guys the Hakka!! It was loads of fun and virtuous to interact in another culture again. We should have some pretty dispassionate dance moves to impressive you with by the while we are home!!
The next day we were a bit bussed out and decided to get off and have a tell in the 'city' of Rotorua. This is the most active geothermal district pretty much in the world. There is sulphur rising from globe everywhere. Everynow and then you get a whiff of rotten eggs but it is meant to be good-hearted for colds etc. We had two nights here and i wowed Jen with my spaghetti bolognaise and shepards pie and it was accomplished to laze around for a bit. Jen hit the Poloynesian Spa whilst i went out to another Maori village and scholastic the hockey kockey in Maori. It is residence to the biggest geyser in NZ and they showed us how the cooked using the steam in the world for microwaves and the natural hot pools to blanche their veg!! This was the sunniest we had so far and so it was orthodox the next day when we got on the bus again (same company, diff people) it rained all the way to Taupo and our skydive was cancelled. By this at the same time we have met a really good group of people and we had all planned to hurdle together, so we were pretty gutted we could not go out and celebrate. They have since 'jumped' as they stayed in Taupo for an supplement night but we could not wait for the next bus to Wellingotn. From what we saw of Lake Taupo it is very cool - it is the largest lake in the period to be formed by a volcano and you can fit Singapore into it!!!!!
On Wednesday we headed to the State Park. A lot of the Lord of the Rings was filmed around here and we attempted a one day hike around Mount Dome in fact named Mount Ruapehu. Unfortunatly, after 4 hours we had to metamorphose into back because the visibility was so bad, but we still got some really cool snow pictures, yes snow and was still a worthwhile tramp (thats what they cool hikeing here!!). The quarter that nite was absolutly amazing!! It was like being in a day Spa and all for about 10 pounds - it even had a log fire - blissful!!
After all that, we are now in Wellington until Monday. Thankfully, it is a lot outstrip than Auckland. Still on the smallish side but walked up another volcanoe this morning to be greeted with accomplished harbour views. We do a LOT of walking, markedly up volcanoes but like i say to Jen everytime - just now think of the pictures!! I am now spending the afternoon entrancing up on jobs and its actually a sunny day so will be strolling along the mooring later whilst Jen rides the radiogram car! We went to the cinema last night and saw Throw after Reading - the Pitt/Clooney vapour (NZ seem to be really behind here so you have prob had it out already). It was the first duration since i have left that i have watched TV of any form - it is absolutly infatuated but really enjoyed it!! We met a fianc on our second bus who had stayed in the same place as us in Fiji!! Its utterly crazy like that and even more crazier that she is now in our room at the YHA here so off out for drinks tonight with Laura.
We also visited the Chauvinistic Museum here yesterday http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Tepapa/English/ It was uncommonly good fun and will be going back to finish it off over the next twosome of days. Wellington is great because all the attractions are liberated!! woo hoo!!
We leave here on Monday and fly to Queenstown in the South ait. Its going to be a busy first week - after a few days in Queenstown we are heading up to Franz Josef Glacier to do a stalk and then coming back down to Milford Sound. I am unwavering if you googled it you could get some idea - but will post pics as and when I can.
Abject it is such a long post but i never have time rightful to sit down and update you all and its always a bit of a rush.
Hope all is well with you and will be in tap again from the snowy south soon!!
Ellen xxxxx
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