Rotorua

I finally have all my pictures of Rotorua ready to be posted online, I'm very happy about this since posting pictures always seems to take a while. There are lots of them, so I'm going to cut this so the entry isn't too big for other people.
Life is going okay, it'll be good to start working again since I'll have less time to think and more time to act and just live. I'm in the process of investigating going to Graduate school in Wellington, so that's making the future seem okay. And I've accepted that its okay to want to go home too, so I've been making Rowan laugh by saying what I'm going to eat when I get back. And we've also been checking the papers about London, just to turn the world slightly sideways again, but its good to see that the Londoners and getting on with their lives and making the choice to not let the terrorists have control. I hope that their message keeps being heard and London doesn't turn into one more symbol and reason to attack another country. Okay, end of political and emotional tangent, time for pictures of the Stinky City.

( Rotorua )

Mitai: a Maori performance and hangi(feast)

On one of my nights at Rotorua, I went to a Maori cultural experience, there are lots of them in the area, so I had a hard time choosing where to go. The one I ended up attending was called Mitai after the family that runs it and it was a pleasure. The atmosphere was fun and relaxed as they worked to make sure we understood their cultural heritage as they were striving to preserve it. So you had young people in the performance who were learning the moves and the leader who knew how to make us feel alright when we couldn't say something. I'm going to do another cut since I have some wonderful pictures.

( Haere Mai and Kia Ora )