Huka falls. The coach stopped on the way into Taupo so we could have a look. It's very impressive, not so much because it is a steep decline but because of the huge volume of water that passes through it.
Before I forget, one of the chaps who i went rafting with bought all the photos they took (they wanted $40 for them which I though was a rip-off) and becuase they were on a disk, gave them to me. Here are some for you, on some you can play "spot the Lou". I'll give you a clue-i'm near the back of the boat!
The 7m waterfall!! It wasn't actually as scary as it sounds but I did get very wet and cold.
I haven't really done much today other than walk around Taupo and buy a nice warm hat. i'm made a fairly major plan for tomorrow though, I'm going to do the Tongariro Crossing, a 17km (just over 10 mile) trek across the national park. Apparently it is the best one-day Trek in New Zealand so i've got the camera all prepared. It's a difficult walk in Winter, and you need to take a guide with you as well as hire crampons and an ice pick (how cool!) and it should take about 8 hours of walking. I've bought my lunch (lots of biscuits) and hopefully will have enough warm clothes. They lend you any extra exquipment you need. I think it's about an hour drive to the national park, but the pick-up is at 6.20 so i'm going to have to be up at around half five! Hopefully the day after tomorrow will be my first propper lie-in since I got here.
No plans for this evening, probably just an early night to prepare for the trek tomorrow! I'll let you all know how it goes when I get back (hopefully around 6pm).
Tongariro Crossing: http://www.tongarirocrossing.org.nz/
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