So, it started off with me meeting a French lady whom i had to share a dorm room with. The room was able to accommodate up to four people but Rotorua was rather quiet that weekend and so, both of us knew clearly that only two of us would be using that room that particular night. We talked a little and then we bid each other goodbye as she was heading to one of the pubs for a rugby match whereas i signed up for a Maori cultural show and Hangi dinner.
I got back by around 10pm but she wasn't around. Within an hour, i was dead asleep but i had the lights switched on as i thought she would need the light to do her stuffs when she was back.
At around 3am or so, i was awoken and i couldn't go back to sleep. It was completely dark as the light had been switched off. There i was, tossing and turning on bed, and out of sudden, that French lady shouted at me in French. I thought i was making too much noise and i only made a "huh?" remark as i was still blurred on what had happened. Seconds after that, she apologised. I was even more confused. Was she having a scary dream, a dream of being chased by a tiger or something? Then, the next thing she said was, "Sorry, i thought i was the only one staying in the room tonight," From then on, i was so worried that i couldn't go back to sleep at all. I kept thinking that what if she had forgotten the fact that i was there and she came hitting me, thinking that i was an intruder.
It was seriously a sleepless and terrifying night for me and i left as soon as the sky turned bright. I rather roamed around the quiet little town than to stay fearfully in the dorm. I ended up walking around like a zombie for the rest of the day.
This is the dorm room with just 2 bunk beds and nothing else.
Lake Rotorua with many huge black swans
Hangi meal - Food such as chicken, sweet potatoes, potatoes and corns being cooked in earth for several hours
Maori cultural performance






so, at 2.30pm sharp, we started off the tour at Sydney Town Hall (A). there is a little square with some trees and stone benches for people to relax. It was just after lunch hour and so we saw many working class people puffing away or having burgers as a quick lunch. Next, we walked across the street to Queen
then we reached Hyde Park Barracks (D) and it used to house convicts. by the way, this building is in the UNESCO world heritage list as it is well maintained as part of the large-scale colonial convicts transportation. 
And we walked and walked.....

