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North Island Day 10: Flying High

Last night, whilst chilling by the river we'd managed to ascertain that there wasn't much to do in Taupo apart from kayaking and trout fising. We didn't have our own fishing gear and the tours cost a small fortune so we continued south towards Tongariro National Park, home of three of NZ's...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 22, 2009 from National Park, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 9: The Road To Taupo

As you travel down from Rotorua to Taupo you'll notice a sign for Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland which is home to, as well as a huge park full of geothermal activity, the Lady Knox Geyser which apparently erupts ay 10.15am every day so we duly rocked up like the good little tourists we were to...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 21, 2009 from Taupo, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 8: Paying Good Money To Roll In Mud

Just when you thought you'd gotten used to the smell of Rotorua up crops Hell's Gate, a geothermal reserve with mud baths and sulphur spas and if you have a shit load of cash, massages. $85 got us park entry, a 20 minute mud bath followed by a sulphur spa which are both apparently good for your...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 20, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 7: I Love Rotorua

Rotorua is so NOT the best place to wake up hungover, as you wander through various pockets of stink your stomach alternates between lurching, wishing you dead and thinking, "Smells like... eggs... want eggs... bacon... crusty roll... lashings of HP and a cup of tea..." Not an ideal situation....

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 19, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 6: ZORRRRRB!

Upon entering Rotorua you might as well hand over your cashcard and your PIN number to the city because it's going to obliterate your budget anyway, there's so much cool stuff to do if you can get used to the smell. Ah yes. The smell. You can't talk about Rotorua without mentioning the smell,...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 18, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 5: Black Water Rafting

The first thing I thought this morning when I woke up in the back of my car was, "Fuck! I'm never drinking and making bets ever again!" My second thought was, "Fuck it's gonna be cold in the water in them caves today!" We dragged ourselves out of bed and arrived at the Legendary Black Water...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 17, 2009 from Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 4: The Bet

The trouble with free campsites is that sometimes they attract people who want to stay up all night and make noise which is fine unless me and my mates aren't the ones making the noise. Last night it was a group of Kiwi kids who, at one point at about 1am, drove a car through the busy site...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 16, 2009 from Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 3

Before we left Whangamata Alec took us surfing in order to top up the salt water levels in our sinuses because clearly we hadn't experienced a satisfactory level of Almost Drowning the day before. We spent a good hour and a half getting thrown about and dumped by waves before we gave up and...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 15, 2009 from Karangahake, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 2: Catching Up With An Old(ish) Mate

We woke up in one piece having not been hacked to death in our sleep by marauding psychopaths, got our shit together and headed up to the town of Coromandel just to say we'd been there before driving back down to Whangamata where my mate, Alex, who I know from Wellington lives with his missus....

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 14, 2009 from Whangamata, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 1: Auckland - The Coromandel

Why is it that no matter how little time I've been staying somewhere and no matter how little stuff I have to pack it always takes me about two hours to pack the car up? Admittedly, most of that two hours is me staring at everything hoping that it might somehow pack itself but still. I was at...

permalink written by  Koala Bear on January 13, 2009 from Mill Creek, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

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