We have at last been to find the ‘Soup Dragon ‘, a lifetime quest from a long standing ‘Clanger “ fan..to experience this land of spouting geysers, mud pools , its like being fresh off the set of the Clangers !
Two days in thermal wonderland seeing sights that are so awesome they are beyond description... however the smell is not... it has been two days of nose wrenching sulphur stench but the bubbling mud holes and geysers and the awesome silica terraces and mineral fed lakes of so many colours have been fantastic but alas no soup dragon.
Lowenna has come to life and sped ahead.... grateful maybe of a near miss when much deliberation on whether to do the
Tongariro Cossing which is 17km of volcano walking ( in Mordor for Lords fo the Rings lovers !) led us to decide it was just too far and too hard and far for her...
We have had two days in the best campsite yet beside a little blue lake outside Rotorua and we have all swam in the fresh clear water, had barbeques under the stars and at last had a couple of days going a bit slower...
ready for the final heave tomorrow... Waitomo Glowworm caves around 165km from here,,, and then a LONG drive up to the North of North Island.... god knows how many km ,would rather not work it put !
Can’t believe where the time has gone... the last few days and nights of an awesome discovery of a place so diverse and yet so familiar....
So many bits so like UK and yet round any corner to find sights you’d never see at home...
We have had great times and tetchy times but all rubbed along together enjoying whatever the next day brings... and still another week to go......
Amazing photos. Tom is the only person I know who loves the smell of volcanoes. But he's a Sulphur type ...
ReplyDeletemmm, well tim and lowenna couldnt smell it, William nearly threw up from it and i still can taste it .... what does that say about us ?
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