Smelly mud

From Wellington we drove to Napier. It was a 3-4 hour drive. I quite like Napier but I did get bored. We found our campsite by the sea. Lara and I splashed in the sea. After that we got dressed to walk to the Elephant Winery. There was good food there. We walked back to our campsite. We could hear the waves from our bed.

Outside the Elephant Winery

Inside the Elephant Winery

The next morning we drove to Rotorua. On the way we stopped at Huka Falls. Daddy told me there was 20,000 litres of water going down the waterfall every second. Enough to fill 5 Olympic swimming pools every minute. It was amazing how fast the water went down. 

Huka Falls

When we got to Rotorua we went to a Maori village, built between the thermal pools. There were hot mud pools - stinky, smelly mud pools. There were boiling water pools. The pools were so hot the Maoris cook their food in there. They can cook 5kg of rice in 5 minutes. Mummy like the pool called the champagne pool. All of a sudden tiny bubbles would rise to the surface. 

We also saw a show. Real Maoris acted out the songs, dances and war dances of the Maori people. We had our photo taken with them. 

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As soon as we got to our campsite we went in the swimming pool. We were so hot and tired after all that driving.