Awesome adventures on Northern Iisland , N

Last Tuesday I went with a bigger group of all possible nationalities, mainly Europeans anyhow, to Cape Reinga the north point of NZ. It was very interesting to look how the dark blue Pacific Ocean met the light blue Tasman Sea, the waves really hit each other. A very beautiful viewing point too.
Later we climbed up a at least 200m high sand dune of about 60 degrees. Toughest work I have done in my whole life. But then sliding down with a special board 100km/h
was a real big thing of that day, and paid back all the troubles getting up.
The evening was splendid with many pretty girls around at Base Backpackers bar.
Best regards to Taz, Becky and Annika in their mid twenties, all from England. And very best regards to Dempsey 25 soon, our fantastic funny Maori bus driver, guitar player and good guy.
I then was back in Auckland for one night to continue to Rotorua.In the first morning
we (12 brave, ones 9 guys and 3 girls ) went exploring underground caves and river one hundred meters down from earth level.We spent over three hours with rubber tires in total darkness (water 11 degrees celcius but wet suits on us, it did not feel cold). Millions of glowworms, cascaiding undergrond waterfalls and partly very small cave passages was very exciting.
Next day however I lived the most thrilling experience of my life.Kaituna Cascades.
In their own words ....pass trough amazing steep, narrow, bushclad canyons,over and trough 14 rapids in purpose built Kaituna rafts in one hour including the 7 meters Tutea Falls. Culture, History, Adrenalin overload. This trip offers it all.Grade Five.... Fabulous paddling and of course we did swim after this big one and after another one too. I also did do one rapids just swimming by myself, and was rescued to another boat. But it was an absolute great fun , I did not panic in underwater turbulencies and followed given instructions, and did not even loose my paddle.
That was an adventure of a life time in Rotorua. And I have a dvd with plenty of pictures showing how we managed the falls. One staff member took on shore very good photos.
Today we visited Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland with its volcanic environment. Now I have arrived to Taupo, and continue tomorrow to Wellington.