After our wild and windy night, a day of sightseeing was in order. In 1886 the Tarawera volcano erupted and partially buried the village of Te Wairoa, ever since known as the Buried Village (Kiwis are very literal in their naming of places.) Much of the village has now been uncovered and makes and interesting tour featuring original settlers huts and mixes of the Maori and European cultures. Today was also our 1 monthiversary of being married, and it turned out to be a beautiful day.
1 mois qu'on est marié et c'est la plus belle journée in NZ. Des visites super intéressantes (thermal village, un village ensevelli par une éruption), des contacts avec des Maoris, du beau temps, David qui fait le Mata Te Haka!!!, un spectacle, un super bon repas cuit à la façon Maori (un Hagi), regarder un geyser la nuit les fesses sur des pierres chaudes et un bain chaud rien que tous les deux en regardant les étoiles!!
Whakarewarewa is a living Maori village situated on a hydrothermal area. We saw a cultural show where Dai leaned to perform a Haka. There'll be a video at some point, but let us just say that it wasn't his finest hour!
As way of revenge, Séverine was persuaded to have a go at poi dancing, which involves twirling a ball on the end of a string around the body in time with the music. We were then treated to a Hangi cooked buffet, after which we could barely walk! Hangi is basically a ground oven, with the local twist that the food is cooked using steam from the hydrothermal vents.
We finished of our day with a hot spa bath at the camp site (free for campers!) beneath the stars. Beautiful!
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