there is so much to do here but so little time. I went up on the cable car to the top of the local mountain. They have various mountain bike runs (not for the faint hearted) plus zip lines and roller luge runs. I settled for the roller luge and did five runs each 3/4 mins. After each run you go back up on a chair lift...the weather was a pleasant 22/24 degrees so the lift back up was really welcome.
Thought about the zip wire and then read all the exclusions etc. so reckoned the old back might not take it...maybe I'm just chicken. Went to a geyser / Maori reserve and whilst standing in the queue I heard two families describe it as a waste of money...so about turn. Because of this I have decided to change my itinerary and instead of heading to NAPIER tomorrow I will go to Lake Taupo and stop off at a geological park which has a geyser that goes off every day a 10:15. I all probably cut my time in NAPIER back to one night. Apologies for the lack of photos I cannot upload photos from my Nikon or Olympus to the iPad and need to rely on my iPhone. Will try to get more.
Dining out again tonight as the campsite tomorrow is a bit remote and I will probably end up with beans on toast. The professional tourers that you meet seem to cook just the same as at home...I saw a woman the other night construct a beef lasagne for six from scratch.
I find everyone very helpful no matter what age or nationality...they are eager to give tips and advise on what to see. If I took it all in I would need six months minimum. I am going to change the way I planned to do things...I will now try to do something at place where I overnight before travelling on.
I can the get something done late afternoon at the destination. I was worried about the campsites being full but I am assured by all the travellers that the high season is over and there should be vacancies.
That is it for today...it is nearly five o'clock ...early to bed tonight.
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