Turangi

A last minute weekend plan, which turned out to be a great one. Found out that a few of the guys we've met from Auckland and Wellington were meeting in Turangi. Headed down late Friday night after finishing work and arrived at around midnight, just in time for a few drinks before bed. The next morning we awoke to a beautiful day and after having bacon butties on the balcony and making our sarnies in the sun we headed to the kayak centre, which happened to be a house with a small river at the back. After putting the kayaks in the river we started on our little kayak adventure to lake Taupo. Was so perfect, kayaking past fields and natural thermal pools and even people back yard. Was so serene, although slightly disturbed by the kayak water fights. On arriving at lake Taupo it seemed like a perfect place to pull up, have lunch and throw a rugby ball around. After lunch we had a reshuffle and Em and I shared a double kayak. Up till this point Gem had stayed nice and dry as she was carrying the lunch. We decided to get revenge and after attempting to capsize Gem's kayak, me and Em ended up in after her....oops!

After kayaking we decided to head to the hot pools to chill for a while. They were the hottest hot pools I've ever been in but a great way to chill out in the sun before heading back to the bach for our BBQ. That evening we decided to get incredibly drunk and play drinking games - think Gem came off worse!

Sunday was unfortunately miserable weather so we decided to head into Taurangi. Turns out there's not much to do in bad weather so we had a nice relaxed brunch and play a round of mini golf in the rain before heading back home.

Great weekend, thanks Di and Ash for organising it.x