Taupo, New Zealand.

Woke up in our little campervan listening to the ice river flowing by our park spot. We drove to a nice lookout and ate breakfast looking over lake Taupo and the mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). Then we were off to the Taupo townsite where we stared our 5.5 hour kayak trip. We kayaked our way around the first couple of bays before the wind picked up and we were soon kayaking over 1.5meter waves!!!!! We paddled ashore and continued the tour an foot along the coast of the lake until we got to the caves and the Maori carvings. Then we returned to the kayaks and paddled back. We hopped back in our van and were back on the road.

We drove to Rotorua where we went to the Polynesian Spa geothermal hot springs before a grilled cheese sandwich dinner and sleep in Rotorua.
Kevin+Kristen