Well due to reasons of privacy I aint guna tell you whats wrong with who and why things have panned out the way they have. Im now in Rotorua, having travelled from Auckland. Me an Eli both jumped on a NakedBus, which isn’t what it sounds like, I was very disappointed about that. We travelled out of Aucks on the 27th, smashed out the 4hr trip down to the amazing Rotorua. It does smell her mind, rich with bastard sulphur. You get a serious injection of eggy rank shit now and again. Theres a lot to do here and we have 4 days to sample everything. Well maybe not myself as the money situation, that I mentioned in the previous chapters is still very much the same. But I think me cooperation with Elinos and agreeing to travel with her has meant ive won her trust back and shes lending me money for travel and food, which im so grateful for. We’ve had a few really good heart to heart chats over the past 8 days and its defo made to friendship stronger. I think I’ll be able to pay her back in full within a week or 2 of starting work.
The coach trip down here was awesome aswell. The landscape is completely exaggerated and full of relentlessly rolling hills. Its encouraging to see when you know your entering one the world best mountain bike locations!! The bus didnt take that long, it really didn’t feel like 4 hours had passed even if I had slept through half of it.Im dead set on hiring a bike out here. Rotorua held the 05 World Champs for Downhill. Even as we drove into the town I saw the 4X track up on the hill in all its glory!! I checked out the leaflets at the info place today an there are trails all over the place. One of the advanced trails starts from right outside our hostel!
Now……..our hostel……..we enquired about a room for 2, ’2 single beds mate, not to fussed on sharing a bathroom or kitchen, do you have anything’??, when we went to book they said there was a problem but we were granted a room. So we began to think we were sharing some shitty room with some weird people……….no, as I write this were in a room for 4 with 4 single bed, our own kitchen and bathroom!! All this for near enough £10 a night!! We were very stoked to say the least but we still arent sure if the chick down at the desk has made a mistake so were trying to avoid her at all costs!!
We were fuckin starving last night an as soon as we saw the PizzaHut sign down by the lake we were in there like swimwear!! 2 massive pizzas later an we couldn’t really move and got a slammin nights sleep, full 12 hours. I think we slept so well as the last week stayin with Tucker and Andrea we were sharing a double bed and that’s always a little uncomfortable, unless your use to sleeping next to someone. So last night and for the next 3 nights we’ve got a double bed each!!
Our room is pretty sweet though, and its right around everything we need for a few shorts days in Rotorua before we shoot it down to Taupo, where elinos is going to jump out of a plane!! Im tempted by a bungee myself personally, but a skydive sounds pretty fuckin scary!!!
Eli took off horse riding earlier and now shes back and ive started her off writing her own blog. Made her some din dins like I said and the red wine was very tasty indeed!! So much so that I felt the urge to go get a beer from down at the hostel bar….it was very busy and full of people travelling. While I was cookin up a storm in the shared kitchen I got talking to the short chick English girl call Hayley who was struggling with her pasta so I happily helped her. She managed to keep dropping her fork into the boiling water(ive come to the conclusion it was all on purpose), an then trying to go after it and grab it!? She was sweet anyway an asked if I was guna be around later at the bar, I told her maybe and that id see how well the red wine went down!! I popped my head in for a pint but no sign, chatted to the English lot who arrived the other day and they were pretty sound lads, really loud in the kitchen!
Its now the 29th and its around 9am and its raining. Pissed it down all last night aswell so I didn’t have the greatest sleep. Theres talks of museums and stuff today so its guna be very touristy Peace.
TD
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