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Date: May 30, 2004
Location: Taupo, New Zealand
However, my writing lags my location, a bit, and when I left you last, it
was
enroute from Rotorua to Lake Taupo. This drive lasted most of the
morning - we
arrived in Lake Taupo, New Zealand's premier trout fishing location, at
about
lunch-time, having previously visited the Huka Falls, a beautiful location
where really, a picture is worth a thousand words. But as soon as I am off
the
road and somewhat more settled, (probably in Saudi Arabia) I will put
together
a few nice albums or an illustrated travelogue and send it to you all.
Once at the lake, which is a crater lake resulting from the largest
volcanic
eruption in the southern hemisphere, we did a little shopping and ate a
lakeside lunch. Some of our companions went parasailing or sky-diving;
I've
done those things already, so I just enjoyed a quiet afternoon on the
shores of
a lake large enough to swallow the land mass of Singapore. Evening found
us
dressed 'smart-casual' and boarding a large boat for a night on the water,
complete with dinner, fishing, karaoke, a spontaneous "male topless
revue", and
of course, lots of drinking. This followed by a big night starting at an
Irish
pub, and then later, a dance club.
Fortunately, my natural immunity to the ravages of the demon rum has
proved
strong, and I've woken up daily in fabulous spirits, without resorting to
Advil, which I didn't bring, and which is hideously expensive over here -
$15NZ
for a bottle of 48 tablets... One of the nice things about this tour -
you're
obliged to get up and about at a pretty early hour, so the natural urge to
sleep late after a wild night is canceled out.
At any rate... Caught no trout at Taupo, but I have a free day in
Queenstown,
where I plan to make a somewhat more serious attempt at fishing. Leaving
Taupo,
we headed south again, headed for Wellington, or Smelly-Welly... Kiwi's
have
nicknames for most of their cities, ie, Churcher for Christchurch, etc...
- Edward
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