so we are in a town called Rotorua at the mo which is famous for geo-thermal activity (thats hot springs and geysers to you and me) and Maori culture. we arrived off the bus yesterday and were dropped straight at the geo-thermal place. it was pretty cool, felt a bit like i was in a sci fi film - lots of bubbling mud and steam floating up from everywhere. very weird. unfortunately we're not allowed to go in the pools as they are about 97degrees and we'd probably die! we waited around a bit for the geysers to go off and weren't dissapointed, at first they were just spitting a little bit and we were like 'is that it' but then it errupted massively!!
in the evening we (including all the people off our bus who are now our friends!) went to a recreated maori village and were given a bit of a show. they did this special intimidation dance and then lots of other songs and dances. we were shown some of the games they used to develop their fighting skills and i volunteered and was 3rd in the special stick catching game - disqualified actually for not going the right way round the circle! our dinner was all provided as well and it was basically a buffet/calvery which was very exciting to us who have just been living of pasta.
sorry about the lack of piccys but the computers here won't let me upload any.!!!