Hi, welcome back, and sorry for the long waiting time. Today I'll continue talking about New Zealand.
On the 6th of March I arrived in Rotorua. As soon as i arrived I smelled sulphur in the air, because Rotorua is a very geologically active area, with a lot of geothermal places. I visited two of these areas, Wai-o-Tapu and the Waimangu Volcanic Valley, and saw a lot of geysers, mud pools, hot water springs, etc...
Another interesting thing I did was go to a Maori village (the Maori are the native people of New Zealand), and experience some of their culture and costumes, inluding ceremonies, weapons, games, traditional cooking...
I also went on tours to other places such as the Hobbiton Movie Set, in Matamata (used for the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies), and Taupo, where I did skydiving for he first time in my life, jumping from an altitude of 15000 feet (4,572 km).
On the 11th a took a (long) bus tour from Rotorua to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. There I did another Lord of the Rings tour, where I visited some of the film locations, the studios, and the Weta Caves, home for the Weta Studios, a special effects studio that has made effects for a lot of movies, from The Lord of The Rings to Avatar.
I also hired a mountainbike and went on a tour around the tracks in the city, visiting Mount Victoria and other places.
Lastly, I went to the Te Papa museum, with a lot of expositions, from giant squids to traditional Maori culture.
On the 16th I flew to Queenstown, in the South Island.
On the 6th of March I arrived in Rotorua. As soon as i arrived I smelled sulphur in the air, because Rotorua is a very geologically active area, with a lot of geothermal places. I visited two of these areas, Wai-o-Tapu and the Waimangu Volcanic Valley, and saw a lot of geysers, mud pools, hot water springs, etc...
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| A (very hot) mud pool |
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| A geyser in eruption |
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| Frying Pan lake, the largest hot spring in the world |
Another interesting thing I did was go to a Maori village (the Maori are the native people of New Zealand), and experience some of their culture and costumes, inluding ceremonies, weapons, games, traditional cooking...
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| Dinner being picked up. It was prepared by burying it in the ground with hot stones. |
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| Show with traditional dancing, games, instruments and weapons |
I also went on tours to other places such as the Hobbiton Movie Set, in Matamata (used for the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies), and Taupo, where I did skydiving for he first time in my life, jumping from an altitude of 15000 feet (4,572 km).
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| Me next to a Hobbit hole |
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| Hobbiton |
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| Me skydiving over lake Taupo |
On the 11th a took a (long) bus tour from Rotorua to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. There I did another Lord of the Rings tour, where I visited some of the film locations, the studios, and the Weta Caves, home for the Weta Studios, a special effects studio that has made effects for a lot of movies, from The Lord of The Rings to Avatar.
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| Statue of Gollum at the Weta Caves |
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| Reenactment of a scene from The Fellowship of the Ring |
I also hired a mountainbike and went on a tour around the tracks in the city, visiting Mount Victoria and other places.
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| View of the city from Mt. Victoria |
Lastly, I went to the Te Papa museum, with a lot of expositions, from giant squids to traditional Maori culture.
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| A Maori waka (canoe) |
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| A giant squid |
On the 16th I flew to Queenstown, in the South Island.
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