Thursday 14th February
En route to Rotorua we stopped off at Karangaheke Gorge for a secenic walk and a chance to stretch our legs. We spent lunch in Matamata, home of Hobbiton where you can take tours of parts of the Hobbit film set. Apparently though it is quite overrated so we settled for a few pics of the sign instead.
Arrived in Rotorua mid afternoon where we had a chance to quickly dump our bags before heading off luging. We went up in cable cars to the top of a huge hill where we then spent a couple of hours racing down on luges, which is basically like sledging on tarmac. You then get a chair lift back up to the top to do it all again. It was great fun though and highly amusing.
The evening was spent indulging in a bit of Maori culture where we went to a Maori village (or should I say a recreation of one from the 1600's) were told about their heritage, learnt the Haka dance and had a traditional Hangi meal (which was quite similar to a British roast dinner). Decided to stop off at the local nightclub on the way back which was very entertaining as due to it being Valentines day there were guys dressed up as sperm and condoms promoting safe sex. I would rather have not had a room over the club though as didn't sleep until gone three despite downing far too many shots beforehand.
En route to Rotorua we stopped off at Karangaheke Gorge for a secenic walk and a chance to stretch our legs. We spent lunch in Matamata, home of Hobbiton where you can take tours of parts of the Hobbit film set. Apparently though it is quite overrated so we settled for a few pics of the sign instead.
Arrived in Rotorua mid afternoon where we had a chance to quickly dump our bags before heading off luging. We went up in cable cars to the top of a huge hill where we then spent a couple of hours racing down on luges, which is basically like sledging on tarmac. You then get a chair lift back up to the top to do it all again. It was great fun though and highly amusing.
The evening was spent indulging in a bit of Maori culture where we went to a Maori village (or should I say a recreation of one from the 1600's) were told about their heritage, learnt the Haka dance and had a traditional Hangi meal (which was quite similar to a British roast dinner). Decided to stop off at the local nightclub on the way back which was very entertaining as due to it being Valentines day there were guys dressed up as sperm and condoms promoting safe sex. I would rather have not had a room over the club though as didn't sleep until gone three despite downing far too many shots beforehand.
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