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It's Gotta be Magic & Maori Time
... straight out again on the bus. In the pouring rain, we drove to this tiny village, restored to original Maori design and custom, put on for tourists to teach us a little about Maori culture. Our coach trip was known as a waka, as in theory we were coming from a different tribe. Upon arrival, the "chief" of each bus stood to take a challenge of peace, known as "Te Wero", also a formal welcome, to the tribe village we were entering. This involved some scary dancing and chants ...
Day 9 - Paraparumu to Rotarua
Day 9 - Paraparumu to Rotarua
Today we went to Rotarua it was a long drive (especially with Josh next to me) all we did was play on the ipad and DaD's phone. When we were driving we saw gisers out of the ground, COOL! We arrived at Rotarua and found a good caravan park and went in HOT thermel pools and stayed the night it was pretty boring but OK.
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Peeeyeew!!! What a stinky city
... br> The night was going by really fast, and before we knew it we were all guided into the banquet hall, had some final instruction and then enjoyed a beautiful and delicious dinner. Complete with Pavlova for dessert.
Tummies full, they sang a few more songs and then we piled up back in the buses, and headed back into town. We had to drop a few couples off at hotels on our way.
Rotorua is sooo smelly!!!! Some parts of the city are worse then others, but ...
The Shire
... shapes and sizes but all with the same attention to detail which would never be picked up in the films, even in HD; not to mention the Green Dragon Pub, Bagend and the Party Tree. Subtle things like the chimneys coming out of the sides of the hill and the garden tools outside of each house. Adam brings out the camera and doesn’t stop taking photos the whole time we’re there. Our guide takes us around pointing out the different ...
The Gates of Hell
... more complicated Kiwi. You can judge for yourselves who you think did a better job!
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The next place we went to visit was Whakarewarewa (try saying that after a few pints) Living Thermal Village.
When the Maori moved from the coasts, inland and found this area, many of them founded villages close to the thermal pools and ...
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