With our scooter loaded up again, we rode into the wide green yonder heading for the crater area of Ganung Batur. We knew it wasn’t going to be a long ride so scheduled in a stop at Tirta Empul (Holy Spring Temple), our second temple. It is one of the six most important temples in Read More »
We made it to Rotorua later in the afternoon, we could see and smell the town before we got there. The steam and smell rises from the geothermal areas well above the town. Stopped at a park in the center of town and had acloser look at these interesting places. The water is really hot you can hear Read More »
The north island is spectacular scenery – rolling peaks dotted with sheep and cattle, winding roads through little villages. John and I breath in the beauty while the girls peacefully sleep . En route to Rotorura we have a rest stop at the Waikite Valley thermal pools. Three hot mineral pools ranging from 36-40 degrees. The Read More »
At the moment we are in Rotorua which is very important to the Maori culture as well as being apparently the thinnest area of the earths crust. This means that there are loads of steaming sulphurous ponds, bubbling mud holes and a pervasive odour of rotting eggs. Despite this Rotorua is a very funky place Read More »
So how did you like all the funky stuff I told you about Rotorua in the last post? Sometimes the city seems like any other city….then you bump into a geothermal area, and it looks like another planet! Well, the whole area around Rotorua is filled with volcanic areas, and activity. Other places in NZ Read More »
