Doritos, White Island and Blackwater Rafting

The most exciting news I have is that Doritos-brand corn chips just launched in New Zealand. Finally a proper corn chip. The flavors are different than those available in the States, but I'm primarily interested in the unflavored (aka "salted") line. Kiwis get both Good Friday and the Monday-after-Easter off of work as national holidays and I plan to put on a couple pounds making myself plate after plate of delicious nachos.

Perin and I took a trip in February up to Whakatane to see White Island (Moutohora Island) - an active volcano which has formed an island around itself. My first visit to an active volcano (sulfuric acid steam spewing; not liquid hot magma spewing) was pretty badass. In fact, I took the camera away from Perin for not taking enough photographs and went a little crazy. I trimmed them down pretty well for you, so enjoy:

White Island

From there, we traveled to Waitomo to the famous black water caves. We crawled into our wet suits and descended into the caves. Here are (far fewer) pictures of the caves:

Blackwater Rafting