After seeing Esther off to Napier and Taupo, I had a few days in work - pretty good days really, kept me busy and included a nice flight on a beautiful day down to Tokaroa.
On Thursday morning I headed over to Rotorua to meet up with Esther again, after her bus arrived late we drove down to Wai-O-Tapu to see the champagne pools and the thermal wonderland, on our way back into Rotorua we stopped at Kerosene creek the natural hot pools for a nice warm dip. Back in Rotorua we booked our Maori cultural experience at Tamaki Maori village and then headed to the pub for a quick one before it started. At 5pm we got picked up by a tour bus and taken to the village. Was a great night, filled with games, performances and the haka - as well as an amazing feast (known as a hangi).
The following day the weather was shocking so we went to the kiwi sanctuary which is the main kiwi conservation centre in NZ dedicated to protecting Kiwi's in their own environment. A great tour and my first chance to see live Kiwis. That afternoon we headed back to Hamilton so that Esther could sort herself out before heading down to Taranaki for the weekend with Si, Gem and James to watch the All Blacks play Ireland. After they left I headed over to Raglan for dinner with a few friends from work.
The weekend was thoroughly boring with absolutely NOTHING happening in work - I know its nice to have quite ones every now and then but some action would have been good!
Unfortunately that marks the end of my time in ICU and I move onto anaesthesia next - we'll see how it goes, think I'll have trouble topping my last 6 months!
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