We stopped for a morning in Rotorua which is very geothermally active and as a result stinks of sulphur and is full of pools of steaming water and boiling mud which is pretty cool. After lunch we stopped at Huka falls which are just outside Taupo. The waterfalls arn't visited for their height but instead for the amount of water that is pumped down the Waikato River. The falls can fill 5 Olympic size pools in 1 minute. We spent the night in Taupo which is on the edge of Lake Taupo. Lake Taupo is the biggest lake in New Zealand is actually a huge crater left by a super volcano that erupted 26,000 years ago. It's the first place that we have come to with a bit of a night life and it was great to go out for a few drinks in a pub with some of the people on the bus. Its been really nice to actually have the same company for a few days and not have to meet new people everyday and repeat conversations over and over again. 1 drink actually turned into quite a late night (I'm blaming the Irish) but a great time all the same. We were all to get up super early the next morning and head to Tongariro National Park for some walking.
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