Hello Dudes!

Im now in Rotorua! The city (if you can call it that!) that smells of rotton eggs..nice. Its not a joke either I noticed it on the bus here and it hums! So I have left Marlin for a while but will be meeting up with her again, possibly on the South Island.

Arrived yesterday and booked a trip to Te Puia which is a Maori cultural centre, which also combines with the geothermal stuff! This area of NZ is the most geothermally active aswell...steam comes up from all sorts of places! So Te Puia was fun. Saw Geysers called Pohutu and Prince of Wales feathers, really cool! They dont erupt all day long, usually for only a few hours. Also saw mudpools and had some corn that was cooked at a boiling pool it was good!

Also saw a Maori performance which was awesome! They did the tradtional greeting of knew visitors which is where the Maori chief runs out shouting and sticking his tongue out at the new strangers, offers them a fern if he thinks they mean no harm. Was amazing to watch..even though its all put on for tourists but other places were so over priced!! They also did the traditional rubbing of noses! They performed the Haka too!

I saw a real Kiwi there aswell! They are nocturnal so pretty impossible to spot in the wild and it doesnt help that they are pretty rare. They are a lot bigger than I expected and dont look anything like birds!

Went for a walk this afternoon to Lake Rotorua which is pretty cool! Not up to much tonight had to be up early this morning!!

xxxx