Originally
Rach, Charli and I were going to stay another day in Taupo but there wasn’t any
room at Base so they decided the night before to leave today instead. I decided
to join them, as there was plenty of space on the bus, enough space for two
seats each as well!
Our first
stop just an hour up the road was in Rotorua. Before we arrived there we
stopped just outside in Waiotapu to see the geothermal pools. The sign said
‘Acid waters attack and dissolve adjoining ground to digest many minerals in
the rock, forming viscous mud pools.’ Basically the ground bubbles away and
smells like sulphur. We dropped off and picked up people in Rotorua but I still
managed to have two seats, WOO, GO ME!
Our lunch
stop was in Matamata (near Hobbiton) but the three of us had been prepared and
made lunch before we left meaning we were the guards of the bus as the driver
left us in charge.
It was official, Kiwi Experience was over, our final bus arrived
in Auckland at about 3 in the afternoon but it took us about an hour to check
in because their system was down which was just a bit annoying. We didn’t end
up in the same room but at least we were on the same floor. I went for a walk around town but most things
were closing up by the time I got out. Today was Pancake Day but we actually
fell asleep before pancakes were made so we’ll just have to do it another day
instead.
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