Leaving Rotorua soon for Wellington and don't expect to do much today; we have a 7 hour bus journey to look forward to. Yesterday we walked the 3 km to Te Puia, an area leased to the government by the Maori tribes and currently a place of intense geothermal activity. We saw a few geysers (see pic) and learned a fair bit about Maori tribe life. We witnessed a welcomnig ceremony and a few tribespeople performed some of their traditional songs and dances for ...

We've stopped off at Rotorua for a couple of sleeps. Today before we left Waitomo we went Black Water Rafting in the glowworm caves which was great fun but unbelievably cold. The water was freezing despite the wet suits but certainly an adventure for 2 main reasons. Firstly is that about half an hour in I had desperate need for a device known as the 'toilet'. The second reason is that our guide (who handily forgot his own rubber tube so had to hang off of...