lakes

Hi @ll,
Tonight is the last night in Rotorua. The surveys on lake Rotorua, lake Rotoiti and lake Tarawera went well. We did more than 100 positions (that's a lot of data to process at home).
Rotorua and the area around it is really beautiful. At lake Rotoiti as well as at lake Tarawera are a lot of beaches, where you can just go to with a boat. It is really nice. Rob showed us a lot of these spots.
After work we went to the Redwoods, a nice wood with huge trees, nice walks and trails and mountain bike treks, and yesterday to the hot springs. It's amazing. It is a small shallow stream and pool, where hot water (nice warm) comes up and you can hang out in the water. Then there is a small, cold stream passing by, in which you can float a little bit and cool down, if it is getting to hot. In the evening we went to "Pigs and Whistle" a nice pub, where they played quite nice music and dirt bike videos.
Today we went Rafting on Kaituna river. That was so cool (literally). The water had about 10°C. We had really thick wet suits, but after going down a 7 m waterfall and getting totally wet, it was freaking cold. But it was a lot of fun. The river is just beautiful, we had very nice (and cute) guides. It was supercool. My first rafting experience and I like it! Definitely, I will repeat that in the summer, when the river has 22°C.
So, if you get the chance sooner or later: Check out Rotorua, go with a boat on the lakes, go to the redwoods, hang out in hot springs (for free!) and go rafting. It's great here.
Sorry, pics tomorrow or so. The server hedre is too weak.
Yours,
Nina