Friday was my adventure day, I went zorbing and whitewater rafting.
Zorbing involves rolling down a giant hill inside a ball that's inside a ball. There was water so that I could splish and splash. It was fun, I think if I were to do it again though I would want to be strapped in. Oh, btw- I did it at 9 AM- there was frost on the ground, but the water was warm so it was actually quite pleasant.
After that I had a few hours to burn before I was to go rafting so I climbed a mountain. Mount Ngongotaha (say that five times fast). From there I could get a good view of the lake- which I am pretty sure is a caldera, with a little remnant volcano in the center. The climb took a bit longer then expected so I had to run down the mountain and back into town to make it for rafting.
Rafting is incredible, well it can be anyway. It was just me a two guides that day- slow season. They told me all of the safety things like what to do if I fell out or if the raft capsized-- I listened attentively but thought--that would never happen to me. It happened. We were going off the 7 meter water fall (incredible) and they just continued to go down- best part of rafting there.
That night it was just me a two Europeans- someone from Liverpool, and another person from the Check republic, we had free spaghetti bolognese (yes!) and they introduced me to a show called Cougartown- which actually is hilarious. It was a great day.
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| That's the hill I went down in- I was in a ball like that. |
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| Lake Rotorua- CALDERA |
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| the town from the mountaintop |
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| 7 meter drop. |
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| Going |
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| Going |
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| Gone (I am under there somewhere) |
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| And we're back |
