Day 20
Having packed my cases the previous evening all I had to do this morning was shower and eat breakfast and I was ready to go. It was a lovely morning so I had breakfast on the balcony again.
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| Breakfast ready on the balcony |
I then set off for Napier with a few stops planned for the day. All suggested by Andrew Clemmet. The first being Rotarua for the Te Puia Geyser. Normally when I turn up for things such as these I am disappointed by being there at the wrong time and missing what was to be the main event. Not this time I witnessed the Geyser in full flow.
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| There she goes! |
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| And again |
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| Anyone fancy a mud bath? |
I moved on from here and the next stop was the Huka waterfalls. I had a good vantage point for these.
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| The Huka Falls |
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| From the other side |
I then came across another waterfall, not named, in the middle of nowhere. I suppose it must have a name but I couldn't see it anywhere.
Then it was on to Taipu. Now if I was to move to New Zealand this might be the place to live. Beautiful houses fronting onto a lake as big as a sea. Snow covered mountains in the distance, photographs probably will not do it justice.
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| This one perhaps? |
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| The hole in one competition, but it was closed. I couldn't have a go |
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| From where I am stood in sunshine, looking at snow covered mountains at the other end of the lake. |
I would have liked to have stayed here longer but time was getting on and I still had another 220km to go to Napier so I set off to find the Thermal Explorer highway and at the end of it The Art Deco Masonic Hotel.
Wow! What a place this hotel is. I booked in, unpacked what I needed, and went down to the restaurant for a meal before having a stroll around the town. Met a few Wesh guys who seemed to be doing the same route as me.
More of Napier and the Masonic tomorrow.
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