Having started my journey on the ‘ Magic Bus ‘ I’m now aware of the drawback of using this type of travel. As it takes passengers to tourist spots on route , you’re in for a long wait if you don’t want to participate. Yesterday we had a stop at the Glowworm Cave that have Read More »
Fortunately the bus ride to Rotorua was rather uneventful, I was almost expecting some sort of natural disaster to befall me on the way but I was thankfully proven wrong. I was certainly conscious of the fact that I was traveling through an active volcanic area after my previous experience. I ended up taking the bus Read More »
Today we went to Ta Puia. This is a big geothermal area with mud pools and geysers as well as a lot of native Maori buildings and stories. The geysers in this park erupt spontaneously and the are magnificent to watch. They leave beautifully colored silica build ups of various colours depending on the minerals Read More »
This city is know as the Geothermal Wonderland what with all the surrounding areas covered in volcanic activity. And ya it sure is and that attracts plenty of tourists but oh my does the place stink or what! Every few minutes you get a whiff of rotten eggs and apparently it aint the local cafes Read More »
We drove into Rotorua, and it stank. Its the most volcanic place in NZ, and all you can smell is rotten eggs. The main attraction in Rotorua is soaking in thermal baths, which we did, 3 times. Twice in the local pool, much cheaper than the tourist spas, and once in Kerosene Creek, a river 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 »
Hello from New Zealand……. not Fiji where we thought we’d be. This is due to Fiji selfishly being hit by Tropical Storms and suffering flooding along with power and communication blackouts. This added to the Fiji government declaring a ‘state of natural disaster’ we decided not to go – probably for the best! As a result Read More »
Gemma: Ha ha! This will teach you all to complain about our lack of blogging – we suggest you settle down with a cup of tea before you start reading, you could be a while… Our desire for a good saturday night out was definitely fulfilled by the funky bars of Auckland’s more upmarket area – Ponsonby Road. We 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 »
Rotorua – Breathe in the Sulpher rich air of Rotorua and youve already got a taste of NZ most Dynamic thermal area with Spurting Geysers, Steaming hot Springs and Exploding Mud pools. The Maori revered this unigue topograpghy , naming one of the most spectacualr areas Waiotapu (sacred water) Today maoris cultural performances and Hangi Read More »
