Current Mood: Mischievous & Surprised

Next stop Rotorua, home of the stinky egg like thermal pools and pits of boiling mud.  We could tell we were approaching it as it smelt like Sarah hadn’t stopped farting for about 2 miles, the smell was over whelming and we didn’t know whether we were going to be able to hold out.  We’d had a lot of practice at smells, but nothing was as bad as this – not even Lucys pink sandals which was saying something ;).

We checked into our Top 10 Caravan park and set ourselves up for a few days, then it was time to check out what Rotorua had to offer.  Firstly Maui night, then some Thermal Spa and finally a bit of adrenaline – yep that was about right for us. The girl at reception was really helpful and give us some idea on which Maui night we wanted to go and see, so with that all booked and paid for we went and had a look around Rotorua, the first night was all ours to chill out and relax on so we setup camp and went for a wander into town.  Bit deserted that time of night – 8pm – se we head over to one of the pubs – now this was a cracking find.  We went in and ordered ourselves some food, I had Ribs, Lucy had steak, Em had ploughmans and Sarah had a salad.  It was all incredible and I could not get through all the ribs which tells you how many there were.  It was such a cool, chilled out evening where we all kept laughing and talking about what we had done so far.  Didn’t want it to end.

The next morning we all woke refreshed, but thought it needed taking to the next level so after brekkie we head to the Polynesian Spa which is a main attraction of Rotorua, pools heated to a certain temperature via the thermal heat of the earth.  Ranging in heat from 37 to 41 degrees – we made the choice to go straight in the hottest and like when you walk into the sea, the boys had to take care when lowering a part of their anatomy into the water.  Phew…  With them in the water I relaxed, laid back against the side of the pool and just chilled, everything we have been upto was rushing around my head and even though Oz wasn’t my fave place in the world, I did actually miss it – I actually felt quite sad…  So I told Sarah that the pool had healing properties, what does she do – dunk her face in the water – I was happy again.  Bless her heart!  We stayed in this pool for about 10 mins and thought we should get out of this one soon else we’ll look too fresh and people will ask us for id everywhere!

The other pools were just the same, but cooler.  We sat in these and watched a couple of Chinese ladies on their photoshoot, not an official one of course, they just had a compact but they wanted pictures taken of themselves everywhere in pretty much every pose going!  I struggled not to laugh at them – they looked bloody ridiculous!

That night was Maui night and we got changed and ready for the bus to come and pick us up.  It was slightly late but we got there before a lot of people and were sat on a table with a couple old people from Cali, a couple from Oz and 2 German kiddies.  We got ourselves some wine and awaitied the beginning of the show.

Emma and I went to see ’28 Weeks Later’ and the girls went to watch another flick (the name escapes me at the minute).  The movie was great (for me anyway) and we walked back to the Camper to chill for the evening and await our brush with the Maoris…

(to be continued.)

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