Hi everyone,
We’ve been busy bees the last few days. We stayed in Raglan until Saturday, and then caught the next Stray bus to the cultural night in Makatu. Rory was the only guy, and so had to do the haka by himself. For those of you unsure what that is, it is the intimidating dance the All Blacks do before a rugby match….it was hilarious. Rory was such a sport though, and the (13) girls in the group loved it.
Us ladies had to do the poi, which involves this little soft ball you throw around and catch. I didn’t really have the coordination to do it, but it was fun to dance and sing along with the Maori group. That night we stayed in the makeshift meeting house along with the entire group, and we consequently caught the cold that everyone else already had. Still good fun though.
We got off the bus in Rotorua and stayed in a nice hostel called the Funky Green Voyager. We spent about four hours at the Polynesian Spa, which was brilliant. There were pools of all different temperatures and pH levels, and our skin felt very smooth afterwards. The entire area is geo-thermally active, so there are steam vents and bubbling mud around every corner. We wanted to go to one of the volcanic parks, but we missed the bus the next morning, so we walked around the town and lakeside, which had black swans. It took me back to my days in Oz.
Anyways, I’ll do another entry about Taupo, so that you can see the difference in the photos.
Love you. XXX
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