Have You Zorbed Lately?

WE HAVE!!!!! We are hoping to add a few images to this, not in any particular order so who knows what will happen! We are such computer geeks.....not! Continuing to see everything and anything.....have driven about 1900km so far, and have probably seen at least a million dead possums on the road as well. And then there are the Myna birds......actually described as "cocky, rowdy birds that narrowly side step vehicles on the road" And that is exactly what they do!! They are crazy and very stupid.

We spent two days - two whole days - at one place. Luxury for the driver, I can tell you. We were at Hahei - a beautful resort on the Coromandel Peninsula (our favourite bit of NZ so far). That was after one of the most exposed, scariest coastal drives I have ever done - all the way up to Fletcher's Bay at the tip of the CP, single track, gravel...... We camped there right on the beach - it was wonderful (but the weather was not). That night it bucketed down - I had a dream that we were taken away by the sea, followed by our van slipping on the mud on the drive down and I heroically tell Errin to get out the van and save herself!! However, the drive back down was uneventful and we made it back safe and sound.

Back to Hahei.....we had a very nice walk to Cathedral Cove (hopefully one of the photos to be posted) and had ourselves a bit of beach time. Very relaxing. Last night we went out for dinner to the only other restaurant in the town called The Church (there you go Mum, I've been to church!!). The food was absolutely delicious, so funny to find that in the middle of nowhere.

Today we have driven from Hahei to Tapou, through Rotorua, visiting the thermal volcanic areas and really stinky places! But the highlight - Zorbing! What a blast that was!! The ball is like a sauna when you get into it, which is good as it was a bit cool today. We did the zig-zag line, so it basically goes down a grassy track which twists and turns. You have no idea which way is up, where you are heading and when you get there - it was pure, dead brilliant! Errin got a bit of motion sickness after and then proceeded to wonder what it would have been like if she had actually barfed on board. Yuck.

We have now teamed up with Martina and will be heading out on the town tonight - finally, Errin will meet some handsome Kiwis (for my sake, I certainly hope she does!!). Not quite sure what is on the agenda for tomorrow, but we will be heading to Gisborne for Christmas. We hear it is a bit of a party town.....

Hope that everyone is well and we send our best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Our love to all,

Joan & Errin
xxxx

(may try to post the photos on another one, just so that this doesn't get mixed up...or may be that's me...)