Rotorua Christmas Day Wow, never had a Christmas like this before... One of the highlights of our trip in New Zealand. Started the day with a big breakfast, pressies (thanks to everyone who send a card from the UK) and a lovely walk through a redwood forest to natural springs for a drink and to feed the ducks. Chris and Dave cooked a delicous Christmas lunch for us which was turkey free but lots of chicken, ham and salad. Hot day, very strange and we both misse...

Rotorua Christmas Eve Started the day visiting Wai-O-Tapu Themal Park including interesting but smelly thermal pools of different colours, Lady Knox Geyser (see it blowing on a video) and some cool Mud Pools. After some quick Christmas Shopping in Rotorua and a great value burger at 'Gormet Burger' (Recomendation!) we arrived at our Homestay. We were lucky enough to be staying with Chris and Dave at Panorama Homestay, who made us feel like part of the family...