A day of touristing! After a healthy breakfast involving maple syrup I headed to the Te Papa museum, which was full of cool stuff, and it was free! Yay! After i'd had enough of that I walked along the waterfront, got some second rate sushi for lunch then headed across the city to visit the Weta Cave, home of one of the best special effects workshops in the world. There wasnt too much to see but it was cool anyway. I liked the trolls standing outside the front door.
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After that I spent some time catching up with lovely Rory (fellow liftie) at a number of awesome bars in wellington city centre (rouge and vagabond, goldings, bangalore, the library). I also reunited with my travel buddy! To my immense relief I actually recognised him. Phew!
10th October
Big J and I started our 5 hour drive to Taupo in style (windows down, system up). The drive was gorgeous; nice landscapes, very different to south island. We found some hot springs to sit in, then after that took the cheapest boat charter ever (The Barbary... $35 each and we had a gorgeous yacht to ourselves! And a beer! Thanks Sarah!) to see some carvings on a cliff that a load of stoned hippies did in the 70's. The trip started off sunny, but then we saw the clouds and rain roll in, which made for an eventful journey. My favorite part was when we were leaning over far enough that the deck was cutting through the water instead of just the hull.
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After that we carried on up the road to Rotorua, via Maccas. (Jason just wanted a McDonald's pie).
Fyi, Rotorua SMELLS BAD
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