So, after being rudely awoken at 5am and failing to get back to sleep I decided to start the morning off by walking up and down the hallway at 7am stomping my feet. Childish I know, but it made me feel better. After that we headed off to the Aratiatia Rapids again to see the floodgates open from the other view point. We got some good photos and watched as the rapids took full effect then jumped in the van and drove round to the start of the Huka Falls walk. ...

Ok so today was a good day but it started out a little shady… We got up early and headed to the I-site to get some info on accommodation (the woman was thoroughly unhelpful) and after ringing around a couple of places jumped in the van to go and have a look at one, that by the brochure, looked ok! Well, the brochure is outdated. That's all I can say. We turned up and immediately I was thinking 'Hmm, okay….give it a chance' getting out of the van it was d...