Heading North today, no surprises now except our weird bus driver, Phillipa. Stop off at Matamata, then Bulls, then to a different hostel than before....very nice but roommates could have been tidier/quieter. Take a stroll around town, do some book swapping, go to the lake, have a beer and some dinner...bed.

So stop off to look at Mt Doom....yeah, that´s right, nerds. DOOM! From the beloved LOTR´s films. Oh yes, much happy-snapping there. (Mt Ngauruhoe). Drive through Tongariu National Park, have a peek at the 11m Huka falls.....no rafting here. I Let Sharan go to jump out of a plane and meet her later at the hostel.....i ain´t jumping out no plane, crazy foo´! But this is the place to do it.....great views of the lake.....bigger than Singapore and so big you can...