Friday, 4 July 2014

New Zealand Adventures: Week 2 - Day 1, 2 and 3 ♥

Hey guys!
I am back with the next part of my 'New Zealand Adventure series'
If you missed the first one here is the link: new-zealand-adventures-week-1
I hope you all enjoyed the first one and lets get on with the next part!!

The site that we were staying in the next day was beautiful! The sun was out and the duck where begging for some more bread!








The next day we headed back into the town of Rotorua. The weather was beautiful, the sky was clear with a few cloud. As we were driving round the day before my nan saw a skyline gondola ride which she wanted to go on. That was our first port of call for the day! The view at the top was incredible! I took a panoramic picture while I was at the top just to show you guys how beautiful it looked!

While at the top my nan's son went on a luge. There were people from the age of 5 on the ride. It was funny watching everyone try and stay on the board as they zipped round the corners haha! Me and my nan sat in the sun chilling for a while before heading back down on a gondola. While we made our way up to the top we saw a cart go down past us with jelly bean stickers on it! It looked amazing! Me being the child I am wanted to go back down on the jelly bean on and made my nan wait for a couple of go back to get on it! The cart wasn't anything special but I just wanted to be in the jelly bean one!!!


As we finished that activity we had planned to go and see the Māori because the day was nice we didn't want to waste the day! We went to Te Puia which is home to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute and the world famous Pohutu geyser, within the Whakarewarewa geothermal valley! It was amazing to just walk around and be introduced to a new culture! While walking around we saw some of the geysers explode that were in the park and the boiling mud baths! I got pulled on stage to learn a tribal dance after we watched a performance. Lets just say I wasn't truly happy with the idea but thought why not, i'm on holiday and when on earth am I going to be doing this again! 











We then went back to the camp site we were in the day before and I cooked Sticky Chicken with boiled rice. I literally could have eaten all the chicken to myself. It honestly one of my favourite meals to have! If you've never heard of it you need to Google it and make it yourself!

The next day we made way to Napier. It wasn't anything special but my nan's son wanted to go so we did! Throughout my first week in New Zealand I had got beaten several times. I'm not sure what was biting me but something was so i headed to a pharmacy in Napier for some cream for them. The pharmacy's over there are so expensive, i was taking a look through the make-up section as i would and a lipstick which is around £3.00 over in the UK is about $10 over there! I can understand why beauty gurus like Shaaanxo off YouTube who live over there get it shipped to them from America haha!











After getting what I needed and having a little look around the town we headed off to Lake Taupo. We pitched up camp by the lake side and it was pretty much dark from the time we got there so picture taking was a bright idea at that point in time but the next morning was! Lake Taupo was created by a super volcanic that eruption approximately 26,500 years ago which is crazy! I believe its the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand!





The next day we were meant to head off to see a waterfall but it didn't plan out that way. We made our way there but headed off route and ended up at our next camp site where we spent the whole day. Chilling and relaxing... 



I'm going to leave this post here. The reason for that is because I want to do a while post on Hobbiton and that was the next day! I have so many wonderful pictures and fact which i want to tell you guys about the place and want to go into real detail that it would honestly be to long for this post!


I hope you guys don't mind me doing this post this way!
I hope you enjoyed this post!
Have a wonderful day or night whatever you are doing and stay safe!

Take Care
Post Soon x

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