Hey, us three got up to be downstairs at reception for 8am, when the phonelines open for Kiwi experience so we could try and get on a southisland bus (or be stuck here but were tight on time for claires flight out of christchurch and it would be a nightmare). They told us they might put another bus on as so many people were on the waiting list, which is what we expected of them, so we had to wait and ring bk around 12. Meanwhile we went to the Houses of Parliamen...

hey, us three left Taupo and went to the national park around the mountains where we did the tongariro crossing. Our group did a two and a half hour walk in the national park up and around to the Taranaki falls and then back. It was a really easy walk for us compared to yesterday, and we didnt ache from yesterday. We had lunch by the falls, chatted to our driver Fly, and walked back ahead of the group (I just cant walk slow lol, some people in our group thought i...