Rotorua

Last Thursday me and my family went to Rotorua for 4 days...
...It was a long 6 hour drive... past Mt Raupehu...
...the dessert road... but we finally got there!!!:)

It was so much fun and so relaxing! It was nice to have a break before all the severe exam study begins! We stayed in Wylie Court...We're here!!! :)

Our 'home for 3 nights and 4 days... heavenly! :)

Our suite had two stories; Mum and Dad stayed in the room on the first floor and me and Linda got the room upstairs!
The bathroom was interesting; it had two mirrors near the sink arranged triangularly so whenever I brushed my teeth there were actually 4 Polinas in total in the bathroom!

From the kitchen there are sliding doors that lead to a mini pool! The pool was so hot that you could barely sit in it! There was a cold water tap near the pool but it had no hose! So what's the point?? Eventually Dad invented a pipe made of a plastic bag that went from the tap to the pool so we could cool the water in the pool- and not get fried!

The kitchen

Downstairs -Mum and Dad's room. They got the TV...

...up the stairs... to mine and Linda's room

Our giant wardrobe-which even had a safe!

...Linda (looking innocent) didn't hesitate to claim the giant wardrobe in our room!

Our beds-mine's the one on the left with Hermione posters above it

...unpacking

Our little corridoor that lead to the balcony from where you could see the swimming pool...

Our motel had an awesome outdoor heated mineral pool which was right opposite the suite we were staying in! Me and Linda went swimming several times a day and stayed in the water for hours! (so did mum and dad but not for as long!)
Then I tried experimenting with motion pictures on Linda...

...and she jumps...

...and she lands!!

...walking on water!!

...the water was really warm no matter what the temparature was like outside! We even went swimming at nighttime when it got dark! You could float on the water and see all the stars!!

...I could stay in the water for hours!!

...attempting sunbathing... was a bit chilly though

When we weren't swimming in the pool we were going places...
Kuirau Park with gaysers -some of which smelled like rotton egg... I've always hated that smell but this time funnily enough I didn't mind it -I found the gaysers fascinating!

So pretty! These leaves look like they're made of plaster! But in fact they are real leaves that fell into the sulfur mixture (yellow) of the gayser- then they solidified coated in sulfur, and gained a silver tarnish!

A statue of the gayser...see the resemblance??

gaysers (is that how you spell it?)

A random greenstone at a suvinir shop

OutsideTractor Museum

Pretty Rooster

One day we went to the top of a mountain to the Skyline where you get to go up in a gondala

I was a bit scared at first but then it turned out quite fun

Gondalas

What view!!

...Linda on the luge

...the view!

Go Linda!!! (coming back up in a lift!)

...at the top of the mountain...

We went all over Rotorua...

The telephone booth!! We're in England!! ;) ...I want to go to England!!!

Rototua history museum

random statues... and Linda

Outside and inside Rotorua history museum

Then we went and had...

strawberry ice cream...

...passion fruit...

gorgious scenery

Linda in Tulip Land! Behind her is the statue of Wylie the Soldier. The place we stayed in was named after him!

Beautiful!!

...the park

At The Bath in Rotorua

The Pukeko

Rotorua was the best! But eventually it was time to go back home....
On our drive back to Wellington on Sunday we stopped at Waikato River and waterfall. I have never seen such a sight!

...water...

I just love the blue colour of the water! Have never seen such beautiful water!

Rushing flow of water...

Waikato River... I think

Waikato River Waterfall and me...

We also stopped at this place cliff place where people go bungie jumping and other scary stuff like that.... you can see a bit of the bridge at the top. This is where people bungie jump from! There was also a flying fox...

Cliffs

Such a scary cliff! And to imagine, poeple go bungie jumping down there! We watched people go down there and oh boy it was frightening! Really not my idea of fun!
We returned home at 6pm. We had a great time in Rotorua!!! ...but on Monday it was back to uni with assignments and lab reports...