So last saturday(a few days ago), I left Sydeny to go to Auckland,New Zealand. I stayed 3 nights in Auckland where i met Feydra from BC,Canada. She decided to come travelling with me, so she booked the same bus tour as me and we started to plan our journey. First off, we went to kelly tartlons underwater world where we saw bunches of fishes,sharks,turtles and so on! We also did a cage shark dive whcih was cool! The water was freezing tho..but we got nice and close to the sharks! Kinda creepy!
The day after we left for Rotorua, Stopping on top of Mount Eden to have a look at Auckland. It was really pretty! Then we drove a while, stopping to take a photo with the famous L&P bottle, we also stopped in Hobbiton where you could take a bunch of tours to see the different Lord of teh rings fim locations! Didn't have the time to do it tho... took a picture with the sign and with gollum!
Then when we got close to Rotorua, we stopped at a place where you could do tons of different activities, like bungy jumping, swooshing,swooping,jet boating and so on. Watched a few people do some activities before heading to rotorua.
In rotorua we stayed in a hostel called Crash palace, a nice little place with a hot tub,a dog and a cat! We went out and bought food for diner and lunches, then we went for a walk to the geothermal park and looked at the hot springs and soaked our feet in teh free hot spring foot baths.
We then headed home, made some dinner when we met Mat from Ohio who we ate dinner with. In our room we got introduced to Nic from germany( who is our new travelpartner), and to scottish guys who are staying there and working. They also have a band and the day after they played in a bar during open mic night-they were really good! We spent the evening with these guys, playing guitar, and enjoying the hot tub.
The morning after Me,Fay,Nic and Mat did white water rafting! it was amazing! Really! I loved it! We went down the highes commercial waterfall-7 meters. It was sooo cool! When we got back we were cold,tired and sore, so we ate some lunch and watched a movie-remember the titans. Then we went to Blue lake, which was really really pretty! HUng out there forn a while before going home and making dinner. Later on we went to the open mic night, watched a few performances and went to a few bars then to bed at about 3...not a good idea since we had to get up at 6 to catch the bus.
The day after we got on the bus and headed to waitomo. On the way we stopped and lokked at this really cool,long thin bridge in teh middle of the woods! Then we stopped to see rabbit sheering, so cute and fluffy bunnies=)
In waitomo we went and looked at some caves whcih was cool! Saw a bunch of glowworms which was really cool!
Then we stopped at Huka falls, amazingly beautiful water. Then we got to Tapo where we stayed a night, and which is where I am now!
It's so beautiful here! Kinda cold, but nice=)
Leaving for Wellington tomorrow!
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