{"id":25721,"date":"2012-01-30T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/?p=25721"},"modified":"2012-01-30T08:42:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T16:42:24","slug":"zorbing-luges-hakas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/zorbing-luges-hakas\/","title":{"rendered":"Zorbing, Luges and Hakas OH MY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was so action packed I actually had to split up all the footage into several different videos. Like the Agrodome, which actually happened in the morning of this day&#8217;s video. That&#8217;s editing magic \ud83d\ude42 Besides, if I included everything we did in this day into the video, it would have been way too long and I would never have been able to upload it. So, I hope you understand \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vlog 4:<\/span> Contiki NZ Grand Explorer, Rotorua, New Zealand<\/h2>\n<p>httpvh:\/\/youtu.be\/lmn5aM_0BBo<\/p>\n<p>An important thing to note is that with Contiki some of the activities I do are included, where as some are optional. So if you prefer a more action packed trip you can load up with options, but if you enjoy a more relaxed trip with lots of free time that is entirely possible as well.<\/p>\n<p>I personally try to get as many of the optional activities in as possible to show you guys what you can do on the Contiki trips.<\/p>\n<h2>ZORB<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC_4410.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/DSC_4410.jpg\" alt=\"DSC 4410\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of those actives being\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Zorb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zorb.com\/rotorua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zorbing<\/a>, <\/strong>which started here in Rotorua.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7142\/6768924433_b3c2a946f0.jpg\" alt=\"Zorb New Zealand\" width=\"596\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes I do wonder who thought one day that rolling down a hill in a giant inflatable globe would be a good idea. Regardless it was a very enjoyable experience.<\/p>\n<h2>Whakarewarewa Thermal Village<\/h2>\n<p>Another spot we stopped off at was the <strong>Whakarewarewa Thermal Village<\/strong>; a\u00a0real\u00a0Maori village where people use the thermal pools to cook their food and warm their houses. There also happens to be a geyser there as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Thermal Springs.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Thermal-Springs.jpg\" alt=\"Thermal Springs\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2109.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2109.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 2109\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rotorua is really the Maori cultural capital of New Zealand, hence a lot of the hotels offer shows in which there are performances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_2152.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2152.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 2152\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the show the ladies were invited to come up onto the stage to learn a Poi dance. And the men followed soon after with a Haka. After a great night of feasting we headed to bed and reflected on our wonderful cultural experience in <strong>Rotorua<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Learning Poi.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Learning-Poi.jpg\" alt=\"Learning Poi\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> A day full of action and activities in <i>Rotorua, New Zealand. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[133,713,810,1154,1275,1276,1437,1746,1747,1970,2307,2713,2873,3009,3306,3307],"class_list":["post-25721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oceania","tag-activities","tag-contiki","tag-travel","tag-geyers","tag-haka","tag-hakas","tag-huka","tag-luge","tag-lugeing","tag-new-zealand","tag-rotorua","tag-thermal-village","tag-travel-videos","tag-video","tag-zorb","tag-zorbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}