Day one of my big trip, which also happened to be boxing day, was hectic. I was also the day my Aunt and Uncle were going off to Oz for a month with my cousin Aaron. We had to get the christmas decorations away, pack lunch and get all our bags together ready to go in an hour, befor my other Aunt turned up to take them to the Airport, and me to the bus stop. we got the the airport early, and I waved my aunt and uncle off before we turned and headed off to the bus stop. The bus didn't take long to arrive, and I said goodbye to my Aunt and cousin before embarking. I headed to the back of the bus, where I got talking to a couple of guys, named Al and Jo. The first stop of the day was a lookout over a bautiful watefall in the valley below. We then headed over to Wai-O-Tapu thermal wonderland. Although I had been there before, there wasn't much elso to do there, so I decided to head in. It was onlt $25, anyway. I walked round with al and Jo, and we saw some really great geothermal features, such as the champagne pools, which were red, devil's hole, which was bright lime green, and the blue lake, which was (can't you guess) bright blue. After Wai-O-Tapu we headed into Taupo and Rotorua for a quick stop to pick up and drop off passengers, before heading out to the Zorb site. I had been zorbing before, and although no-one else wanted to go, Rangi, the driver had to drop us off there so that he could go and fill up the bus with diesel. al, Jo and myself decided not to go zorbing, and we jumped into the neighbouring field and played a game of hacky sack, which is surprisingly more difficult than you would expect. When the bus returned, we all embarked agin to head towards Tauranga and mt Mangonui. i was supposed to be staying in Tauranga, and I would hve been if Rangi hadn't told us all how great Mt Mangonui was at this time of year. I manged to cancel my reservation at YHA Tauranga without penalty, and I manged to get a room at the Pacific Coast Backpackers in the mount. When we arrived, Jo had to go to another hostel, and we all agreed to meet up to go to the beach to bodysurf. It was great fun, and the sea was brilliant for it, with the occasional huge waves coming over to wipe us out. after a good few hours of swimming we all headed back to our hostels, and Al and I agreed to go halves on dinner, so we headed up to the supermarket. We had Sausages with chicken and tomato pasta. We then just chilled around the hostel, and I watched Armageddon in the TV lounge before heading to bed for an early start the next morning.
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