So today i went up the hill a bit to the location of some natural hot pools. There is a hot spring nearby and a stream runs into the cold waters of the Waikato river. I spent a while chilling in the pools which was cool, well warm actually. Am off to Napier tomorrow, and then onto Gisborne to stay with a bee man! Will post again sometime.

So today i went on a big bike ride down to the Huka Falls and across the Waikato river tot the Craters of the Moon. The Huka Falls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huka_Falls) was the location of a murder that supposedly lost New Zealand its innocence. In February 1989, the month i was born a Cricket Umpire's body was found bound and gagged floating down stream of the falls. What resulted was an investigation that uncovered the secret world of the Aukland bond...

Hey am in Taupo fo a few days to sort out where I'm off to next. Nice hostel, not so nice weather at the mo. Was going to do Bungy here, but gonna leave it for the mo and might do a big thing later in my trip where you do Bungy, Skydiving, a jet boat and a helicopter ride all together. Also quite want to do the rediculously high bungy in Queenstown. Anyway, not much else to say, might borrow a bike this afternoon and go for a ride and take some pictures. Oh, ...