At first we explored the waterfront and ended up having dessert in a restaurant that felt a bit touristy and didn't convince us. Google places came to the rescue and we ended up for a drink at this much nicer restaurant, that we were really happy with.
The day after we stocked up on food for the van. It was really handy since Taupo had all the facilities that we wanted. After that we went to check out the Huka Prawn Park in Taupo, which was really good fun. We started with a tour of the place, where we learned a lot about how prawns get forward in life.
After that we decided that it was time for lunch, and we had a delicious meal. To us prawn farms had a bit bad connations (we have heard about mismanaged prawn farms in Asia that cause a lot of pollution). This prawn farm seemed to be managed in a very sustainable and convincing way. The staff always pointed out the good practices, for example that they always tried to minimize the amount of water that ran into the nearby river, and also cleaning the water with energy from the sun.
After prawn eating, it was time for prawn fishing, which was really cool. We were let into the farm with a fishing rod each and started to angle for prawns. This was easier said than done, and after about 45 minutes of effort we had ended up catching one prawn. However, we had great fun in the process, but it was probably one of the more expensive prawns that we have bought in a long time :-).
After the prawn farm we went to a honey shop, the Huka Honey hive, where we bought a couple of presents for people we meet on the trip and at home. It was really funny, because a couple of days after that, we read this article in the Swedish newspapers, and it is the very same honey that we bought. Talk about coincidences.
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