Taupo

Today was an easy drive to Taupo, through the Desert Road. Although formally part of Highway 1, the stretch south of Taupo is often closed due to snow. While not a desert (in the sense of sand and cacti), it is a pretty forlorn stretch.

Taupo is a town based on the shores of Lake Taupo (the largest lake in New Zealand). Nice town, very activity oriented. But we weren't very activity oriented, so we just relaxed. We visited the Huka Falls which are formed when a reasonably broad river suddenly gets compressed between rocks. What it lacks in height (there is a drop of about 20m), it makes up in velocity and violence.

Taupo