Today I said goodbye to Rotorua. First stop on the road was the Lady Knox geyser with it’s guaranteed eruption at 10:15 am where they put a bar of soap down it and it does it stuff.[thumb:1193:l][thumb:1196:l][thumb:1197:l][newline]

Following on from this the Magic Bus stoped at Wai-O-Tapu thermal wonderland. Quite an interesting tour of the thermal springs but perhaps a little over rated. Bumped into the couple with the red Dragon Wagon again. They’ve still yet to find the neons on their ride. I’m sure I’ll bump into them again at some point.

Carrying on we made a brief stop at the Haka falls. I was astounded by the brilliant blue colour of the water and the rate at which the water comes over the falls.[thumb:1216:l][newline]

As the weather was good I decided it would be a good opportunity to do a sky dive so along with four other people on the bus we went over to Taupo Tandem Skydiving. I was the only fool up for doing the 15,000 ft drop as opposed to the 12,000ft. I had decided that I would rather spend my money on a longer freefall rather than getting it filmed. If I really liked it I can always do it again I thought.

It was an amazing experience coming out of the plane and free falling for a minute. A bit of a roller coaster as the instructor does everything and you’re there just for the ride. Once we broke through the cloud we had an amazing view over Lake Taupo. The weather wasn’t clear enough to see from coast to coast but the mountains could be seen to be touching the sky.[thumb:1219:l][newline]

Tomorrow I’m off to tackle the Tongariro Crossing. Should be amazing as it is supposedly one of the best hikes in the world.