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Hi guys,
We arrived in New Zealand at 11pm on Tuesday after a long day traveling. We spent a whole 4 hours at our hostel sleeping before getting up again to get our 'Magic' bus through to Rotorua. The bus is more like a tour bus as it takes us through lots of touristy spots along the way. We visited Mt Eden, an active volcano in the centre of Auckland, the town where the hobbit village scenes of Lord of the Rings was filmed, a jade factory, a maori cultural centre and an activities place.
After a long lie-in the next day we had a walk around the town, visitng the geothermal spots and smelling all of the sulphur. In the evening we visited a Maori tribe village where we got to see the Haka. We all participated in several of the activities including stick games and rock carrying on a 'warrior challenge'. We then had various maori songs sung to us before heading for our evening meal which had been cooked under ground!
We got up early today to go White Water Rafting! After getting kitted out in very attractive boots and life jackets we headed to the water. After going down a few small 1-2meter drops, we had the big drop that we were all looking forward to (or in the case of the girls getting scared at!), which was a 7 meter drop. Despite fears of capsizing and falling out, we rode the fall like pros! After a few more smaller rapids we were nearing the end of our day when we decided to paddle into a waterfall from the bottom which meant lots of water went into the front end (where Jo was sat) which resulted in her getting soaked and she fell out of the boat (very eligantly), managing to hit her face on someones paddle on the way (she got a cut on her lip and a bruse on her cheek! This girl is very accident prone). We headed back to the hostel for a relaxing afternoon before more exciting travels tomorrow as we venture to Taupo!
Love from us all,
Will, Ted, Jo and Risha.
p.s. we tried to upload some photos but it wouldn't work. there are some on facebook if you all want a look.
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