I woke up early this morning for yoga at the River Valley Spa. The yoga studio looked out over the river, so not only was I stretching out my sore muscles from the Tongariro hike, but it was so relaxing to enjoy the views and get chilled out after the last few insane days.
Morgan, Jackie and Judith along with some others from the bus went white water rafting on the grade 5 course they have on the river.
After some lunch we hiked up to the bus and got going at 1 pm. After a quick pit stop in Taihape, we got back on the road to stop for a snack in Bulls. Bulls is a super cool "hick town" as our bus driver says. Everything in the town has Bulls in the name - the pharmacy is Indispensabulls, the bar is Sociabulls and so on. The town had a recent ad campaign with the slogan "Our milk comes from Bulls". Pretty hilarious play on words if you know anything about cattle... Ha.
We have been driving through lots of flat farm land today. I've seen tons more dairies and sheep operations than before. Saw my first mustard crop today, wheat, flowering alfalfa, maize, barley and grass fields. Today was also the first time I've seen irrigation - large pivots over grass fields. Looks a lot more like home in this area - still small fields, but the land is nice and flat! Definitely helped with my homesickness.
After some more boring driving we got to Wellington around 6 pm. Wellington is a very artsy city - comparable to Melbourne Australia or San Francisco USA. Went to the supermarket for some wine and groceries, and now back at the hostel for a chill night. Catch the ferry for the South Island tomorrow morning at 7:30 am, so it'll be a fairly early morning.
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