The morning dawned brilliant and sunny, and we made plans to do a horse trek in the Taupo area. After a quick breakfast in the hostel kitchen we followed the Huka Falls Loop road and stopped along the way to view the sights. Our first stop was Huka (pronounced 'hook - ah') Falls. Here, water follows a pretty regular stream, and then is forced into a narrow deep opening, speeding up and churning until it turns turquoise and rushes over a small ledhe to boil up further down the stream. We have better waterfalls in Canada, as size goes, but the colour of Huka Falls was amazing! After enjoying the falls we carried on up the road and stopped at a place called Honey Hive New Zealand, where we watched bees build their hives, sampled many
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