Hello lovelies...
So i finally have pictures up (yay!!). I know i know, there's only 6, but it took me 40 minutes and lots of money to upload them, so too bad for you! I'll try to get more up soon.

The last couple of days I was in the small town of hahei. Read, population, about 12. Seriously, there is nothing in Hahei. A cafe, hostel, dairy and ice cream shoppe. That's it. Lots of holiday homes and a gorgeous beach, but not to much to do. The big attraction in the area is Hot water beach. For once, an area that is true to it's name. There is a hot spring that rises under the beach, so at low tide, people go and dig hole on the beach and they fill up with hot water. We hitched a ride from hahei into hot water beach. at first we considered walking,but the lady at the hostel just laughed...it was about 10km of highway between our hostel and the beach. The area is really pretty,but it's definitely a one day sort of town. We walked down to cathedral cove in the afternoon. i forgot my camera in the hostel, which was quite upsetting as the cove was beautiful. The beach was white sand, with waves rolling in gently, there was an archway that led to another section of beach, and the sun was shining through it perfectly...

Right now, we are in the city of Rotorua, we arrived yesterday after spending a night in Tauranga. We tried to get a bus right from hahei to rotorua, but no buses were running here. We took the naked bus, which was cool. so far we've only ridden intercity buses, which are quite nice buses. Naked bus is a whole different pot of tea. They are older buses, rates are much lower and they cater mainly to backpackers, so they are smaller and a bit shabbier. I really liked it. the people on the bus were cool and there was a much more relaxed atmosphere. Intercity buses are really professional and have high standards, but the naked bus felt more human. I don't think Bretton and Aleah liked it as much as me, but whatever.

today we went up to the cultural center. Rotorua is know for it's geothermal activity. Te Puia, the place we went has a lot of geysers and hot mud pools. It was cool to see the boiling mud and the geyser was quite impressive. We also we able to see a Maori cultural presentation, with singing and dancing. The men performed a haka, or war dance for us, which was cool. Basically, they chant and stamp their feet a lot. Bugging out their eyes and sticking out their tongues is meant to intimidate challengers. Rotorua reminds me a bit of ban ff, in that every other store is a cheesy souvenir shop. It's a bit of change from the country side we just left. In the small towns, every dingle block has at least 2 coffee shops and an antique shop. I do not exaggerate. her every block has 4 souvenir shops and a couple coffee shops.

I hate to cut this short, but my internet time is about to run out and i am out of 2 dollar coins
Love you all,
Sydney