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Tom - World Tour!
So 1 out of 2 things completed in Taupo isn't that bad
! After arriving and checking in to our cheapest accommodation yet in NZ we booked up our sky dive for the next day, weather depending. A quick phone call in the morning confirmed that there was a break in the weather and the jump was on! We were pretty lucky that day to get on one of 3 flights that left in the morning the first in 5 days as the weather was so bad and then it turned out to be the last as the weather deteriorated after our jump! So the jump was totally awesome and i was reassuring o know that I was strapped to the back of an ex-skydiving champion. It was surreal seeing Kai fall out of the plane a 12000 feet and even more seeing the underneath as I did a front flip out of the plane! The view up there was amazing looking down on the lake and the volcano to the south that was pushing through the low cloud. It was nice to relax in he afternoon and sit in natural springs just on the outside of town at the entrance to the longest river in New Zealand! Kai found time as well the next day after an interesting night of conversation with the hostel manager to do the Taupo bungee which apparently was pretty awesome as well.
The next day I left to Turangi on the southern most tip of lake Taupo to do the Tongarrio crossing which is one of NZ's best treks between 2 volcanoes, while Kai stayed in Taupo for en extra couple of nights. However the weather didn't improve and I was advised against the torrential rain and force 8 winds which I accepted quite happily! As we were running out of time I managed to get a lift to Palmerston North with a girl in the hostel and then bus to the capital, Wellington.
Wellington is small but very cool city with some interesting architecture both in the city and on the waterfront. I spent one day checking out the sights such as the apparently 'number one' attraction the cable car which was 3.5 mins long, the parliament buildings and the free Te Papa museum of NZ. Kai caught me up at this point but decided to stay another day, so on Monday I took the ferry across Cook straight to Picton on South island.
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