We were so tired on our first night but pulled it together and hit the streets in search of food, we were recommended a little Turkish restaurant where the staff were friendly and the food was just what we needed, wholesome and full of flavour. They even took a photograph of us for their facebook page.
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Susie was fading fast and headed for bed, while Jan stayed up with a glass of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and a cinema all to herself to watch the film 'Barbara.'
The next day was an early start as we set out to Redwood Village to catch some views of the Geysers for free. We accidentally stumbled on to an internet site about geocaching walks which led us on a mission to find the 'Yellow Walk' Geocach. Those who don't know about Geocaching are referred to as 'Muggles' so we had to be stealthy when we found the prize!
At one of the geyser lookouts Susie struck gold when finding the hidden Geocach and we eagerly opened it to find it full of stuffed toys, we took one small teddy bear in exchange for a Fiji shell and 2 fijian dollars and left a message in the enclosed notebook. Celebrations all round for our first success!
In the afternoon we headed to the Blue and Green lkakes where we made tuna sandwiches in the boot of our car and watched the crazy man in a wet suit searching for gold in the water. It was absolutely stunning here. We picked up some postcards earlier in the day from the Redwood Visitors centre and sat at 'The End of the Road' cafe overlooking yet another a lake and sipping on coffees.
Despite our all-action day we did not stop there... oh no, we then had a 2 hour session rock climbing.
Susie was climbing for the first time since a bad experience at age 14 which had left her scarred, however, she overcame her fears and was quite the natural at climbing. We learned to belay one another the New Zealand way and were soon racing up the wall, our particular favourite was the 4 walled chimney.
After all of this activity we felt deserved of a dip in the local Sulphur pools at the Polynesian Spa, there were a variety of acidic and alkaline pools to soften the skin and rejuvenate the muscles. The pools ranged from 39C to a toasty 43 C and some had lanolin in the water to enhance the softening effects.
The day was about to end on the perfect high as we followed Ruth's advice for the best burgers in the country : BURGERFUEL!! An all 'healthy', non GM option to fast food and damn it was good.
We had 1/3 pounder burgers with lashings of aioli, jalapenos, cheese, cheese and more cheese with Motobites on the side (sweet potato and pumpkin morsels of heaven.)
By this time it was ten o clock and we had, had a relentless 14 hour day which can induce narcolepsy and that it did as we hit the bed and were asleep in seconds.
Big adventures were planned for the next day as we adopted ourselves a hitchhiker, German Kevin who was also on the road to Taupo.
Peace and Love,
Jan and Sooz.
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