Lake Taupo

Arrived in Taupo quite early but couldn’t go into the main town as the Iron Man World Championship was held here today, and many roads were closed as a result. We had a look at another part of the lake and had lunch at a very good cafe nearby.
It was very hot so we decided to see if we could check in to the hotel early as they have a swimming pool. Success! Then spent the afternoon round the pool and in the evening after creating a digital Christmas card, we ate at the hotel restaurant from where we saw this beautiful sunset. Later though we received the sad news that R’s last remaining uncle had died. He was 97.