As we only had a couple of days left in Rotorua we decided that we had to see a few things before we left so as i said before we did the maori show. next we decided to visit some of the Geothermal areas that surround Rotorua. So from the moment you enter Rotorua, you know you are somewhere like nowhere else. Lazy drifts of steam are emitted from cracks, crevices and culverts in parks, gardens, pathways and even residential streets. These constant steam drifts, t...

Hello everybody soz not been on for a while I've been pretty lazy but as I'm leaving New Zealand in 2 days i thought i better take in some Maori culture so be and Bri headed to one of the shows that are put one in Rotorua. The Maori people are the indigenous people of New Zealand. They are Polynesian and comprise about 10% of the country's population. Maoritanga is the native language which is related to Tahitian and Hawaiian. It is believed that the Maori migra...

Hello again.... We packed up our kit ready to check out and head down to Wanaka the drive would take around 3 hours so we decided we would stop of at Fox glacier on the way and have a look at this one as well... The Glacier was very similar to Frans Joseph but its a little harder to access it, after taking the usually photos we hit the road again. The drive was cool we headed down the west coast till we arrived at Wanaka we had to find a hostel but due to the ...

We finally arrived in Fran's we headed to the rain forest hostel this is very popular the kiwi experience. we sorted out our dorms and headed for some food and a few beers we were all pretty tired so we headed back to the dorm and played cards for a bit then fell asleep..We had arranged to do the Glacier hike the next day its a full days walking, so we was up early made breakfast and then headed up to the glacier we was split into three groups, each group had...

Hello again... I contacted my mate Paul and arranged to meet him and his friend Jamie in westport on the South Island, so i headed to the airport in Rotorua and jumped on a flight to Christchurch the flight was around an hour and a half so nice and quick.. When i arrived i grabbed a hire car and then set of to westport i had a 4 hour journey ahead of me so i set of the journey took me through some spectacular scenery i passed through the mountain range all the ...