Day 3 - Waitomo

Kia Ora,

Ah, what another wonderful day in New Zealand! It is such a beautiful place! I should have done my two year stay here!! The weather is just right as well! Not too hot and not too cold. It cools off nice as well. It is like Saskatchewan good summer weather all year round! We have taken so many photos as well!!

This morning we spent our time going around to different Adventure places…people went zorbing, free falling, bungy jumping and swooping. Would have loved to try some of these but we can’t do it all. So we watched others do it. I had my chance at zorbing back in Byron Bay so no need to do it again. On our way to the hostel we stopped off at a Rabbit Shearing Shed. We watched the fluffiest rabbit get sheared. These rabbits are only used for fur and have a nice proper home for 9 years getting a hair cut every three months. The usually only live to about 9 years. Then they get a proper burial. Cute little lady. Most random stop ever.

We arrived at our hostel, dropped everything off and headed off to do the Ruakuri walk. The walk was around different caves and mini waterfalls. We missed the bus back to the hostel so Katherine (german), Erin and Phil (English), and David and I walked the hour and a half walk back to the hostel. We walked through farmers fields getting cozy with bulls and cows, David got shocked by an electric fence. The sights were so beautiful though, a lot like Wales and a bit like British Columbia. We took many pictures! It was such a beautiful landscape. We were the only ones who did not take the bus and we believe that the others missed out as this was much better than the Ruakuri walk.

When we got back we headed to the Pub where we had a barbecue waiting for us. It was a good night tonight. We finally got to get comfortable and hang out with most of the guys on the trip, a couple of the girls as well, but not too many of them.

Tomorrow is our big day for the Black water rafting, some people did it today but not everyone could, so we are up bright and early tomorrow for it. The next day we will be heading to a Volcano in Taupo….this is also where Mt. Doom was filmed in Lord of the Rings. I am loving everything about Lord of the Rings right now. We even pretended to be little hobbits in the hills today as we were walking…lol. You would understand if you saw the scenery we were walking in.

Anyways, bed time, early morning!!

Holly and David.

Oops, almost forgot.

A few logs short of a Barbie – someone who is a wee bit crazy

I think that man sitting over there is a few logs short of a Barbie…..