We have clocked up a long list of things seen and experiences and met lots of different people doing them:
Had lunch and enjoyed the views at the Auckland Sky Tower
Had fish & chips on the beach in Devonport
Panned for gold and explored a gold mine
Took a narrow gage railway ride to the Eye Full tower!
Drove the windy roads of the Coromandel Peninsula
Lived like hobbits for two nights
Went caving at Waitomo and floated 65 metres below the surface in an underground lake gazing at hundreds of glo worms
Visited Hobbiton – shhh don’t tell anyone!
Went up the Skyline Gondola in Rotorua
Did ALL THREE of the Rotorua Luges and laughed so hard all the way down
Dragged Mr Fogg to a Maori cultural evening and hangi and learnt the Haka (but avoided having to sing on the bus on the way back courtesy of the Londoners on the coach who belted out “I’m a Londoner”- to which we do not know the words, oh dear good job I didn’t have to pick a song, at that moment could only think of the words to Postman Pat!)
Experienced a thermal spa bath in candlelight ( aww how romantic eh?)
Tramped all the way round Tai O Wapu thermal park and awed at the steam, the colours and the uniqueness of the landscape
Did a marketing exercise for Tilly Hats to the locals in a gift shop ( well done Mr Fogg)
Tramped up to Huka Falls and watched 200,000 gallons of water a second spill through a small gap in the rocks.
Enjoyed countless meals of NZ lamb (yummy), green lipped mussels (huge) and NZ steak (huge)
Sampled plenty of New Zealand local wines ( although for us a surprisingly small amount consumed for a change)
Upset two hoteliers with our honest Trip Advisor reviews- tell it like it is!
We LOVE travelling!!!!! Now how long does that visitor visa let us stay??
And finally we are sat here in Taupo having breakfast before a long drive south to the longest place name.
Work, what’s that? Wonder if any of our lottery tickets have won, because we know how we would spend it all.
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