Taupo

We decided to head inland to Taupo, a lovely little town on a huge lake. It was the first day of bad weather, we drove through cloud and eventually landed in rain. Taupo is a popular spot with travellers and you can bungee jump and do various other high Adrenalin activities, not that we did. The Tourist office suggested that we do a boat trip to see some Mauri drawings which we agreed was a good idea.

The boat didn't leave for a couple of hours so we drove up to look at some waterfalls, had a bite to eat (I wont say what we had 'cos somebody doesn't want to know what we eat!) then headed back to the boat.

The rain and wind started as soon as we left dock so we got decked out in bright yellow waterproofs and all felt a bit stupid. The Captain was a fine lad, quite informative and interesting, we sailed out to the rock drawings that some people say have been there for years but he said they had been etched 26 years ago - who knows! Tom managed to offend most of the other people on the boat, first he said "Ching Ching" pretending to drink a glass of champagne, not realising that a Chinese Man was behind him, he then said "look no Hans" when a German couple were within Earshot, Jenny was none too pleased!

After we left the boat we had a wander round the town then drove home, stopping once again at the supermarket. The people here are so nice, even the wee lassies that pack the bags in the shop were asking where we came from, when I said Scotland, one said "Oh I love Scotland", have you been there I said, "no" was the reply!

Tom is cooking Tea !!