Fiji: Day One Hundred and Thirty (27 February)

Here's Barnaby and me meeting one of the locals in our bure. I think it's a kind of lizard.

I wouldn't have wanted to get this close if it was much bigger.

Morris

Fiji: Day One Hundred and Twenty-Nine (26 February)

I tried out the lounger and hammock too :-).

I think I preferred the lounger. I was a bit worried about falling off the hammock even though Barnaby was next to me.


Morris

Fiji: Day One Hundred and Twenty-Eight (25 February)

I enjoyed exploring the resort, even though the sun wasn't shining.


I had a special song I sang when we were in New Zealand and the skies clouded over called 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On'. I needed to start singing it in Fiji too but I only know the chorus.

You can see our bure in the back of one of these photos. Isn't it big? (Actually we only stayed in half of it :-)).


Morris

Whitianga: Day One Hundred and Twenty-Three (20 February)

This is Barnaby and me at Cook's Beach near Whitianga. Isn't it lovely :-)?

Morris

Cathedral Cove: Day One Hundred and Twenty-Two (19 February)

It is possible to walk through the "Cathedral" to the adjacent Mare's Leg Cove (as long as it's not high tide).

Here I am inside it :-).

Morris

Coromandel: Day One Hundred and Twenty One (18 February)

Here I am trying a spot of gardening at the Ngatea Water Gardens. I found the ground a bit hard :-).

Morris

Rotorua: Day One Hundred and Ten – Afternoon (6 February)

Rotorua has another famous Green Lake (Lake Rotokakahi) alongside a bright Blue one (Lake Tikitapu) so we drove out to see them after our tour of Whakarewarewa.

Morris

Rotorua: Day One Hundred and Ten – Morning (6 February)

We chose the ingredients for our Hangi from chicken or mutton, carrots, cabbage, sweetcorn, kumara (sweet potato) and potato and put them in a box with our name on.

Then the lady put all the boxes in a bigger box in the ground where the food would be cooked by the rising steam. It takes quite a long time but the end result was delicious.

Morris

Rotorua: Day One Hundred and Nine – Afternoon (5 February)

Back at the motel we tried out the plunge pool. Very relaxing :-).

Morris

Rotorua: Day One Hundred and Nine – Morning (5 February)

Here I am beside the Champagne Lake. I was happier to perch here than by the sign saying "Devil's Bath" which refers to the Grandfather of all the lakes at Wai-O-Tapu (Lake Ngakoro).



Isn’t it an amazing green colour? That’s caused by chemicals, which make it acidic and means nothing can live in it because it’s extremely poisonous. Fortunately the bad smell keeps people away.

Morris

Taupo: Day One Hundred and Eight (4 February)

After we'd looked round the Craters of the Moon, we did manage to find the prawn park and went on the organised tour. I thought prawns were pink but they actually have blue pincers.

We saw inside the hatchery and nurseries and fed the baby prawns. Then we went on a nature walk, where we could also feed the trout. The grown ups enjoyed using the thermal foot bath and Barnaby and I got to meet Shawn the Prawn :-).

Morris