Hamster Balls and Stuff

The second day we were in Rotorua we did the louge. This was surprisingly really fun. There were 3 different tracks to choose from: intermediate, advanced and scenic. I personally just love that they used the word scenic to describe the beginners route.

Afterwards we went to H2OGO to go zorbing! Holy cow this was so much fun. To simply describe zorbing, you are in a giant ball that has another ball inside of it that has water and you inside. The outside of the ball is moving and the inside of the ball moves at a slower pace than the outside of the ball as it rolls down a hill. Basically you are the hamster in a giant hamster ball. On the inside you feel like you are rolling down a slip n’ slide. I don’t think I have laughed so hard in so long.

Our awesome driver James had to do it too and it was probably the funniest thing I have ever seen. 

He wanted a jumping picture too. Actually I think he was 

just making fun of us. I haven't figured it out yet. 

We also wanted to see what it would feel like to get run over by one of these zorbing balls. I am proud to say from experience that it does NOT hurt at all. 

Once we got back to the house we were staying at we were all freezing so we decided to get into the hot tub. But this was no ordinary hot tub. Rotorua is on a volcano so there are lots of natural hot springs that are just everywhere. Seriously you can walk out side and see steam rising from the gutters and other blocked off areas. I have never seen mud boil until this trip. Anyways, because there are natural hot springs everywhere it is easy to get the water for a natural hot tub. The hot tub was manmade out of concrete, but all you have to do is turn the tap and wait for it to fill up with deliciously hot water. Pretty cool stuff.