p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } 12/14/10 I had looked into different activities to do for day trips and such out from the city but I had not arranged anything the previous day so when I slept in to 9 am I missed most of the options I was considering. At the same time I was not overly interested in anything for the tours I had looked into. One I looked at was taking a shuttle bus early in the morning to Hammer Springs and doing the natural hot pools and a bit o...

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } 12/13/10 This was my last morning in Rotorua so I checked out at 10 am ant then used my remaining internet time and waited until closer to 11 am when I had to catch the bus to the airport. I was very comfortable in this city which had a lot to do with the friendly staff of Ivan and Karina at the hostel. I was excited to be headed down to the south island and looking forward to seeing my friends in a few days. I caught the bus a...

p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } 12/12/10 I was up and ready to go early since the rafting people were scheduled to pick me up from the hostel lobby at 8:30 am. While I was waiting another guy was waiting for the same rafting tour...his name was Ben and he was from Austria. I chatted with him for a bit on the bus and he happened to be in my raft as well. He is here on a one year work visa but has not done any work yet and only been in the country for a couple ...

12/11/10 I slept in this morning and found that I had missed the bus to the local park which has a geyser that goes off daily at 10 am and the bus leaves town at 9 am. I was somewhat interested in going but the fact that I have been to Yellowstone and also seen some in Iceland I was not that keen on doing this. I wanted to do something so I talked with Karina and asked about booking a kayak tour today. She called them up for me and told them I was interested ...

12/10/10 4:15 am wake up alarm on my watch......it was still kind of loud outside my window it seems that plenty of people where still out partying....I got my bag together and I went to check out. I knew that reception was closed and I did find the night manager guy and told him I needed to check out. I wanted to give him my room key back and get my $20 cash deposit. He told me that had not left him anything for overnight check outs. I told him to just give...