Thermal Wonderland

Spend this morning in Wai-o-tau Thermal Wonderland, it is difficult to describe and the photos just look like pools of mud but they were amazing to see. We walked over a couple of massize steaming pools (smelt ugly - looked cool!) and saw an eruption (!) (http://www.geyserland.co.nz/)

Then in the afternoon, we decided to drive across the mountain range, it didn't look that far on the map but it took about 4-5 hrs on these single track, gravel roads that were pretty scarey when you met a truck or caught a glimpse of the drop at the side of the road. I did alot of the driving here as the winding roads made me feel travelsick when I was a passenger.

When we got through the mountains, we had to drive another 1-2 hrs to find somewhere to sleep but when we did, I was happy cause it had a spa bath! Finding places to stay that are cheap and cheerful hasn't been a problem luckily, they are usually much better than you would expect for what you are paying (which is less than you would pay in UK).