Hello everyone, you may notice that we no longer have any blog entries (which is quite upsetting), as travelblog died when august arrived... not sure if this one will vanish or not! Since we last blogged, we went to the thermal town of Rotorua, where we chilled in the hot tubs after our skydive. The whole of Rotorua absolutely stinks of sulphur, but once you get over that, its not too bad, hot pools everywhere. We took a walk through a park to discover steaming pools and boiling mud, which was one of the most bizarre sights we've ever seen. Whilst we were there, we went on a maori eveing, and were treated to their arrival by warrior canoe, and then songs and dances, including their tribes haka (this was wierd, as the women joined in,
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