Taupo Free Day

As I had been on the road for a few days I decided to take it easy today. I got up and headed to the visitor information centre, there is a Hotbus that runs from there taking you to various tourist attractions. I opted for the Craters of the Moon. This is a thermal reserve that is a 45-60 minute loop walk and most inportantly free! The bus was $10 though! The craters of the moon has, yep you guessed craters! There's alot of thermal activity here similar to the Te Puia thermal reserve I went to the other day, just no geysers! It wasn't smelly though! The bad thing was the sandflies! Little nasties! I have welts all over my ankles from getting bitten as I forgot to put repellent on!

I met a lady from London and we walked around together and then we went to a bee place and learned all about how bees make honey - fascinating!

Back in Taupo I caught up on the internet and had a relaxing evening in the hostel. The girls in my dorm did the skydive today so I watched their DVD and then I bumped into Ruth and Emma from my dorm in Auckland. Emma was too ill to come on the Kiwi Experience the day I left. We stayed up chatting for a few hours.