Waitomo caves.
Sexy eh? I'll never forget having to jump backwards off a cliff into the dark
Rotorua entertainment
Hello Handsome!
Rotorua mudbath
Tim attempts suicide at the top of the windiest peak ever
(Jan 2007: Tim took this picture in NZ well before the events of 26th Dec. It makes me shiver now).
We also went caving in Waitomo to see the glow worms which was cool - It was fabulous floating around in the dark on rubber rings, just a little unsettling when you find out that the glow worms you are staying up at open mouthed with wonder are actually maggots and the bit that glows is their pooh. Yum.
The hot springs at Rotorua were good too. We remained less impressed than in Bolivia though, because, quite rightly, the Kiwi authorities have built walkways that you have to stick to, so it all looks very touristy and controlled. The pools were cool – there is one that you can walk across and you can feel the steam warming your toes. But it just wasn't the same as finding geysers bubbling at 900 degrees in the middle of the desert with no entrance fee, or barriers - just your Spanish only speaking driver saying it might not be too good an idea to go too close. You could have walked right into one without anybody knowing. Really dangerous, I know, but amazing all the same.
We are leaving Castle Point for Wellington tomorrow which I am really looking forward to. We are going to stay with some friends we met on the plane to Easter Island, Paddy and Rhiannan. They have done pretty much the same trip as us - we spent our whole time in Tahiti with them - and now they are working for a year in New Zealand. I'm also looking forward to getting the first lot of our photos developed. Thankfully it will be the last time. We’ve finally bought a decent digital camera HURRAHH.
We are also both gagging for a good night out. We haven't really been out since Tim's birthday night in La Paz. I was hoping to get a bit of clubbing in when we were in Auckland, but we were staying with Dara's sister, Kirsty and her boyfriend Chris. They were both really nice, but just not clubby people, so we decided to give it a miss.
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