Rotorua/Waitomo Caves

ait so.
The college I attend (Mahurangi) organised a school trip for the international students to the Waitomo Caves and to Rototua.
First off, the international students are composed of 15 Germans, 3 Chileans, 2 South Africans, 1 American, 1 Canadian, 1 Swiss girl, and about 15-20 Koreans, Chinese, Japanese. we departed on a Friday morning at about 8am and drove straight to Rotorua. once we got there we took a gondola to the top of this massive hill and then a chairlift and we luged.. did the luge? for a couple hours. Luging is amazing you go fast on asphalt and there are tight turns.. very exciting. A couple guys did a skyswing which a picture shows is pretty gnarly, the video is pretty profane.
After the luge we went into town and got settled at the hostel and then went downtown and chilled, ate, and then returned to the hostel for a jolly good time. (we didn't get much sleep)

The next morning we got up to eat at 8am and then climbed onto the bus to go to Te Piua. There we (myself, Nora, and Merle (both German)) walked around this park and saw boiling mud, hot pools, a crazy geyser (see picture) and all kinds of Jurassic park stuff.. AND WE SAW A KIWI, LIKE A REAL LIVE KIWI BIRD. my one goal for the exchange is complete. just kidding.. after we finished walking around, we went to the murae (maori meeting place) and saw a culture show. At the end of the show, they pulled all the males out of the crowd and on stage to do the Haka. And guess who was in front row? yeh me. apparently my pukana is scary.

Then we went to a sheep show.. the guy running was too ridic. like NZer Larry the Cable Guy.. It was basically him humiliating random people in the crowd and bringing them up on stage.. you had to be there, i'm sorry. but he talked about the different breeds of sheep in NZ and he sheared a sheep on stage.

then we went back to the hostel and swam/played touch rugby/soccer/ate and then went to see the worst movie ever made, not sure what it was called but it had Brendan Fraser in it. nuff said.

Sunday: woke up, packed up, loaded up and headed for the Waitomo Caves. These caves are absolutely amazing. like the guide showed us the oldest stalagtite in the cave system and it was aprox. 400,000 years old. and 13 meters long. so crazy, this one section they call the Cathedral has had weddings, Sting (The Police), a couple U2 members, this Russian Choir.. all kinds of crazy stuff up there. We were also in the glowworm caves, very crazy but no pictures allowed. Also dificult to explain.. Google it.
then we drove 4 hours back to the College while I slept on the floor of the bus. XD awesome weekend.
after this week, i'm entering a 2 week school holiday, which i'm looking forward to.

Kia Ora.