Another year, another age, and today I am celebrating by sunbathing in the hottest part of New Zealand (The Bay of Islands) and going on a 2 1/2 hour horse trek to and up a volcano. It's been a while since I mounted a horse so I'm bracing myself for some very sore thighs and a ridiculous John Wayne style walk!
We all went black water rafting in Rotorua down a wicked river with crazy rapids and 3 waterfalls, the biggest of which was a beastly 7m drop! We took it at a dodgy angle, twisted and sure enough flipped it, all ending up in the water. I'm glad it happened though because we got the full experience and the water was so cool and refreshing. They were taking a sequence of photos as it happened so you'll all get to see the disaster as soon as I've *lowers voice* copied the communal CD. Rotorua was a cool little place with thermal parks displaying bubbling mud pools, steaming hot baths, sulphur crystals and steaming holes in the ground.
Hungry for some more water activities we went to Waitomo Caves where 'Rap, Raft n Rock' took us abseiling, caving, tubing through the caves and rock climbing. The caves were awesome as they were covered with glowworms and our guide knew of some tiny nooks and crannies that we could look ridiculous trying to squeeze through. We made a quick stopover in Auckland which seems like a really "happening" city and are in Paihia now, where we shall be celebrating the day with a BBQ tonight and no doubt a couple of Snakey Bs. Then it's off to South America where I start travelling solo for what I'm sure will be an incredible 10 weeks.
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Hey Clare, much belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY from Eire where i'm road tripping the bars and hiking the hills with a friend from Beijing.
Good to hear you're enjoying yourself in NZ and keep up the posts. I'm loving reading your adventures.
Let me know you're SA agenda as if I do manage to wing some more time off work I may be headed back in that direction...
bisous
xxx
Thanks K! Eire sounds like good fun. I fell asleep when the lads went on their big night out last night, but I plan to make up for lost time tonight with a few pisco sours.
I'll be in Chile for about one more week, then 2 weeks in Peru, 2 in Bolivia, one and a half in Brazil, same in Uruguay and ending with Argentina. It would be great to see you, but if you come after I leave I can still give you some advice.
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