Taupo or taawpoor as the kiwis pronounce it was decidedly wet and windy. After a slap up cooked breakfast we braved the elements and headed into town. Having established where we could park we decided the best thing to do was to eat again to just get out of the rain. The rain then took us to the cinema to watch 'the tourist' with copious amounts of sweets from the nearby sweet shop. Having such an uncharacteristically relaxed day we decided to correct this and h...

Next stop Rotorua. With the clouds coming in Anne's thoughts of a second skydive over the lake were abandoned and we pushed on into town. Upon arriving in Rotorua we were hit with a wave of eggy stench. My first reaction was to blame Anne, but it turns the smell is of sulphur emitted from the earth (you best ask Anne for a better explanation if you need it - she's the geographer after all). After a very brief walk around town we headed out for some Zorbing acti...