Saturday 4 December - Had a busy day today. Caught Dave's shuttle and headed first of all to Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland. Waiotapu means sacred waters in Maori. Had to be at the Lady Knox Geyser for 10.15am because that's when it erupts. To help it along a bit they add soap powder, because otherwise it would only naturally erupt only every 48-62 hours. It was pretty cool to watch and it got to about 15 metres. I then headed to the main entrance of the par...

Friday 3 - The weather was better this morning, although quite windy, which meant that the Tongariro crossing was on. I was really gutted that I'd missed out on doing it again, and this time by only one day. I couldn't stay longer in Turangi because I'd booked up everything for the next week. So hung around the hostel and watched some rubbish NZ telly until my bus came to take me to Rotorua. Got to Rotorua about 3pm. I noticed the smell when I was still on th...