We hire bikes for the afternoon, with our intention to have a nice cycle to a place called Huka Falls. The route on the map looks simple, but fails to mention one MASSIVE hill!!! I physically cannot push any further so I get off the bike and cry a little. Stuart just keeps peddling because he is a lot fitter than me. I'm sad. We get to the top of the hill and I'm pleased to find that it is all downhill from now.... YES!!!! I'm loving it, flying down about 60...

Taupo is beautiful! We are staying in a nice hostel overlooking Lake Taupo with a view of the Tongario Crossing. We've booked to go on a cruise to see the Maori Carvings, we arrive and the sky is clear but it's freezing! There is free tea, coffee and biscuits on the boat so we're happy! We arrive at the carvings about 2 hours later and we are both amazed to find out the history behind these famous maori carvings..... They were done with power tools and scaff...