Lake Rotokakahi, Lake Taupo, and ZORBing in Rotorua, New Zealand
03:21pm NZTime

Had a beautiful evening on the lake last night. Met some people from South Africa who were immigrating here. Lot's of political discussions and general consensus on what a lame-o GW is. Took off after dumping the liquid sewage from the camper... really nasty and went to the "AgroDome" where we ZORBED!! What an amazingly fun thing to do! Deb and kaya and I took one down the hill together first. It's like riding in a sauna,... upside down,... with it set to "permanent press".

Drove for a looong time through miles and liles of clearcut between Rotorua and lake Taupo and are currently in the worst Holiday park yet. At the base of Mount Doom in a Lahar track. Note: a "Lahar" is a pyroclastic mud flow that wipes out entire river valleys... we're in the way of one if it happens... Found some amazingly cool German Tourists here in the park and stayed up way too late talking about the Wall coming down in the Eighties and how cool New Zealand is. Very nice people.

Later: We lasted the night without being consumed in roiling mountains of mud and jammed down the coast to Wellington where I now sit in a cool Cyber Cafe, running low on batteries. Quick upload and email and we're off across the straight to the South Island!!

More update hopefully tonight.

The beautiful Kenna Lindsay at lake rotokakahi.

Jungle wall coming down to the lake... it's about 75 or 80 degrees here..

Clan Lindsay at the lake.

Lake Rotokakahi at night. That's the souther cross up there. Interesting that Orians Belt is also visable in the Southern Hemisphere... my buddy Cam would be psyched.

Spuckler at night under a tree.

I found this amazing bug the next morning in the shower. The sucker is like 4 inches long.

Me emptying Spucklers bowels...

The ZORB course!!!

Deb and the kids pile into the four wheel drive thing and get hauled up the hill..

Kaya jams down the hill in a giant hamster ball.

... and emerges from the disturbingly rectum-like opening in the ZORB.

Deb and Kenna are hurled down the grassy slope.

Although Kenna was a bit concerned about getting into this thing, she was totally psyched at the end of the roll..

Deb and Kenna thouroghly washed.

Me, trying not to puke...

All ZORBed out...