Rotarua

So we made it up to Rotarua which is a giant Caldera (volcanic depression) and has a very pungent sulfer smell (i.e. it smells like rotten eggs). Regardless its very cool and there are mud pools and steam vents all over the place. Yesterday we went to a sheep shearing show, which was suprisingly pretty cool and we went to a narture reserve place where we saw a bunch of native animals including the little kiwi bird. this morning a bunch of us went for a run along the lake b4 breaki (kiwi's are to cool to say breakfast apparently) and in my infinite packing wisdom i did not bring running shoes so i've decided to jump on the barefoot running bandwagon. After eating we went and saw some bubbling mud pools, watched a geyser erupt and then walked around a sulfuric park full of cool looking craters. After lunch we went ZORBING which was sooo sick!!! rolling down a hill inside of a ball with another person and some water is incredibly entertaining. tonight we're off to a traditional Maori (Mau-ri) feast and then tomorrow morning I fly down to Christchurch. One final note about the weather is that it changes incredibly often. if you don't like it, close your eyes and count to 10