Rotten Rotorua

Today we returned to Rotorua. We hung around the hostel for a while just chatting and using the WiFi to speak to parents. Then we went for a wander through Kuirau park which has multiple steaming water holes, causing the whole place to smell like rotten eggs, hence the title. We found one that you could out your feet in and sat down for a while. The water was really hot and when we took our legs out you could see where the water had been as our legs were red.

We went back to the hostel around half 12 and put some washing on, then sat chatting to Sophie and Beth from Leeds.  We checked in at 2pm as one group of 4 and we got an bedded room with a toilet and shower, and a balcony. It was fab and we were all very happy,  although the shower turned out to be useless. We then all went on a group trip to Pak and Save which is like a budget supermarket. Lauren and I bought loads of food to cook with for the next couple of days as well as some snacks. We returned to the hostel, got showers and went and cooked dinner.

We had a very simple version of pasta bolognaise which was actually pretty good. Then we went down to the bar for a free cocktail before returning to the room to sort out our bags and laundry which was all over the room.