After the exhileration of the skydive we headed to Tongariro national park. Ronan celebrated not dying during the previous 72 hours by opening his 2002 gold medal winning Tempranillo purchased in Mendoza.
Anyway the weather forecast was really accurate so we were delighted to wake up to beautiful clear skies. The Tongaririo Crossing is a 17k walk that passes across "Mount Doom'' (from Lord of the Rings) and 2 lakes. I have to say that we weren't massively impressed with the walk as we expected more from the best one day walk in New Zealand and poor Orla got awful blisters on her heels from her hiking boots, which also detracted.
We stayed in a wondefull place called Discover
y lodge (with really great owners, they even lent Orla their child to play with for a few hours each day!!) as this was the closest place to the start of the Tongariro crossing, which is supposedly the best one day walk in New Zealand. Unfortunately the weather was crap for the next day so we put off the walk, but luckily for us we had a 51" TV and a good DVD collection to choose from, we'd highly recommend "The Worlds Fastest Indian", "The Cinderalla Man" & "Life is beautiful".
y lodge (with really great owners, they even lent Orla their child to play with for a few hours each day!!) as this was the closest place to the start of the Tongariro crossing, which is supposedly the best one day walk in New Zealand. Unfortunately the weather was crap for the next day so we put off the walk, but luckily for us we had a 51" TV and a good DVD collection to choose from, we'd highly recommend "The Worlds Fastest Indian", "The Cinderalla Man" & "Life is beautiful". 
Anyway the weather forecast was really accurate so we were delighted to wake up to beautiful clear skies. The Tongaririo Crossing is a 17k walk that passes across "Mount Doom'' (from Lord of the Rings) and 2 lakes. I have to say that we weren't massively impressed with the walk as we expected more from the best one day walk in New Zealand and poor Orla got awful blisters on her heels from her hiking boots, which also detracted.PS: Thanks to our chauffeurs Philip and Helen for all the lifts and company on the walk.
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