One of my really good friends from childhood, Megan, is studying abroad in Western Australia this semester while I’m here in NZ. Luckily enough it worked out that she was able to come over to NZ for about a week and we were able to have our very own Middle Earth Adventures!
This past weekend I went on a road trip with some friends around the southern part of New Zealand’s North Island.
Our goals for the weekend: check out some Lord of the Rings filming sites, see some other incredible things, and have fun!
This past weekend I went to Rotorua with some fellow TEAN’ers!
Edited note: The entirety of Rotorua smells of Sulfuric Acid. Essentially it smells like one old big fart- but once you get used to the smell the place is pretty spectacular!
My fellow TEAN-Palmy friend, Ashley, and I decided to get the most out of our time there so we left on the 10:05 pm bus from Palmerston North which was scheduled to get into Rotorua at 3:40am on Friday… We didn’t have any set plans once we got dropped off because nothing was open for at least another 4 hours and we couldn’t check in to the hostel until 11am. So smart of a plan, right? But hey, we managed to explore the city in the very early morning!
Emerson Was Right 