Taupo Travel Blogs

Today we wandered around town for a while and checked out what the gypsys had to sell. Mick & Nicki took the kids to a fun park and Andrew & I went for a drive. We like to see the type of housing that people live in. After a while we bought fish and chips and sat by the lake to eat our lunc…

I put it to the testI'm in second gearI get it of my chestI won't quit or restI will feel no fear, no fear!Let it go, let it flowThrough my mind and through my soul It's all adrenaline, yeah yeah yeah yeahLet it go, let it blowFrom my vains up to my brainI need adrenalineTo take controlAnd I wonder…

After a simple breakfast, we all headed to Taupo Bungy. Taupo Bungy located on the Waikato River. As if a regular bungy jump isn't good enough, you can do a tandem bungy jump or a water touch bungy - that is where you barely touch the river before bouncing back up. A few of our group (the colleg…

unedited video from the skydive company part 1: on the ground with the whole load (5 people) part 2: the jumps - my jump is at 03:50 (remaining time in the youtube window, 06:10 minutes from the start)... watch out for the retarded looking guy, that's me! part 3: the landing & cheering …

*****DAY FIFTEEN (Wednesday, December 17th) - "ROTTEN" ROTORUA*****Belinda and I took a bus from Hamilton to Rotorua at 10am this morning - we got in around 12:30 or so and the first thing we needed to do was to sort out her car stuff.  She needed to do some finalizing of details of what work …

My father once told me that traveling alone will either kill you or sharpen your wits... how is it that i have to test his theory every time i travel?

I caught to bus from Wellington to Taupo and arrived in Taupo at 2 o'clock. I checked into a rather shabby YHA hostel. Before I have time to blink at about 3:30 I find myself sat in a small light aircraft looking at the runway speeding away beneath the wing of the plane. I'm harnessed up with a si…

Vandaag ben ik naar het museum in Taupo gegaan. Vooral de tuin vond ik interessant. Deze is in NZ weer nagebouwd nadat hij een award had gewonnen bij de Chelsea Flower show. In deze kleine tuin zijn alleen planten uit NZ gebruikt. Volgens mij wel 1000 verschillende. Er werd om 14.00 uur een heritag…

For some reason the computer I'm on doesn't want to upload pics, so I'll have to add them later...maybe tomorrow when I get into Wellington. Got lots of cool pictures of the thermal pools and stuff throughout Waitomo, Rotorua and Wai-a-something. The weather has been lovely and sunny and 70s everyd…

Got one of my  must-do-list items done, for New Zealand - a bungy jump.  Taupo Bungy is where it's at - http://www.taupobungy.co.nz/  cost $99 and my stiff-neck now appears to be much better.Now, to wait for the clouds to clear enough for a parachute jump.

Today I walked and walked and walked some more!I set off early on the Aratiatia Walk along the ridiculously clear Waikato River to the Huka Falls, where a river that is 100 metres wide and 4 metres deep get forced through a gorge 15 metres wide and 10 metres deep. It’s an impressive sight and sou…

Hmmm.... I wonder why I was the only one on the 15000 feet jump?? Everybody else was doing 12000 feet...  As we were strapped into the plane and the plane rised up over the magnificent Taupo Lake the air started to get colder and the houses by now look like little blocks of Lego that a child h…

An amazing trip to New Zealand over 3 weeks. Saw most of the North Island sights. A place I will never forget.

Well even writing this I still cant believe we have done a skydive from 12,000 ft, about 2 miles up! It was absolutely amazing. i was quite nervous beforehand but the instructor was really calming and put my imnd at ease. There were about 7 of us jumping and one of them was a 70 year old lady, how …

Today I hiked the Tongeriro crossing. It is an active volcano and part of Lord of the Ring's Mt. Doom. We left at 5:40 AM and hiked streight until 2:30. The first part consists of an hour and a half verticle boulder field called Devil's Staircase which was unbelievably exausting. However, the views…