Taupo - Auckland - Paihia

Hellooo,

Taupo was awesome! I saw Mount Doom from LOTR. It was really sunny, and i laid by the massive lake Taupo all afternoon! The next morning i travelled up to Auckland. It was pouring with rain! I had a little look round the city, went to see Slumdog Millionaire at the cinema, ate a lot of free pizza and drank lots of beer. The morning after that we travelled up to Paihia - the bay of islands. It was bloody hot again - so we all laid by the lake and had a big sun bathe, which was nice. Then today, i went on a massive tour to the very very northern tip of NZ! It was very cool. We drove down the 90 mile beach - which isn't actually 90 miles, its more like 60, but the bus drove us all the way along the beach, ON THE SAND AND IN THE SEA!! Then we stopped by the maHOUSIVE sand dune. Out we get, get our body boards out of the boot and TREK it up the sand mountain. I almost passed out at the top, my lungs were actually on fire, i had to stand away from everyone, as it was very hot and there was a chance i could have started a forest fire. Then once i could manage to breathe without killing my fellow humans, i bloody jumped on the body board and ZOOMED (and i mean ZOOOOMED) down the sand dune. At speeds of up to 60km an hour, and also on fire, it was a spectacular sight! I managed to sand of the tops of my feet, due to the speed x velocity = PAIN. LOTS OF PAIN. But it was really good fun, plus i ended up in a river at the end of it and put out my lungs.

Tomorrow i am off back to Auckland. Apparently there is a cyclone in Airlie - so i left at a brilliant time!

byeeeee