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Well what can I say - my first day in Floss was a bit of an adventure....
She was easy to drive so that was a bonus.
I waved goodbye to Auckland and headed South East over towards Hot Water Beach. It took bloody hours and the roads were a bit hairpin/mountainous and therefore extremely slow (for me the big scaredy cat)... The views were pretty cool and I did feel quite at home (it all reminds me of the Black Mountains actually). I got to Hot Water Beach at sunset and had a little walk on the beautiful sands, but as the tide was in I couldn't do the thing I went there for... dig a hole in the sand and sit in the thermal waters! Boo hoo! I headed back towards a campsite at night only to disover it was closed and there were no other sites for miles around (I didn't fancy driving across the moutains again at night!) So I spent my first night in a car park (Jo and Dave DO NOT LET MUM KNOW THIS HAPPENED... She would worry about it too much)
The view this morning from my bed was lush - which made it all so worthwhile.
I'm in Rotorua now and looking forward to my Mauri experience tongight. I really hope I get to see the promised Kiwis and Glow worms (I'll keep you posted) I am having a mud spa day tomorrow and should get to see the Geysers.... It is all so exciting I could burst!
Anyway I will keep you posted and try to get some photos on tomorrow.
lots of love and fairy kisses
Clare xxooxx
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