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Evil egg smell: free
... hot pools en baden erin. De hete bronnen worden alleen niet gebruikt om energie mee op te wekken. Na wat gesteggel met de Department of Conservation is het nu een populaire toeristische attractie maar wel authentieker dan de meeste andere Maori Villages in de omgeving. We gaan mee met de rondleiding langs de mud & hot pools, alle huisjes, het meeting house dat elk Maori dorp heeft, de begraafplaats en onze ...
Rotorua
We finally got to attend a Maori Heritage Experience when we got to Rotorua. Getting bussed out to the village we had to pick a "chief" from our bus to represent our tribe. There were 5 chiefs that had to stand in the circle as the Maori people danced around. One of them got chosen to accept a gift. Without laughing, talking, smiling or turning their back, they accepted the gift and then we could all enter the Village. They had a bunch of stations set up showing activities from ...
Von Wellness und spartanischem Wohnen
... und du wusstest, es war Zeit zu gehen^^ Rund herum haben die grünen Hügel gedampft und dazwischen waren Kühe und es hat geregnet und war einfach nur schön. Hier der Link für Interessierte =)
http://www.hotpools.co.nz/
Allgemein haben wir uns etwas heimatlos gefühlt, da wir an diesem Tag erfahren haben, dass wild campen in Neuseeland verboten ist. Dabei war unser Plan, im Auto zu schlafen und so Geld zu sparen für ein Hostel ...
Ka wera te wai! (The water is hot!)
... the advice of my Barber and went searching for Kerosene Creek. After a couple of wrong turn Liz took us on to an unsealed road and we proceeded to be rattled by pot-holes for about 20 minutes, but it was well worth the discomfort.
At the end of the road in the bottom of the valley saw us parking in a stand of trees with only a camper van in sight. Deciding to take a quick look around, as we weren’t really sure what to expect, ...
Rotorua, if you didn't know, smells
... have been happy paying $50 for a few minutes entertainment.
After these busy few days we decided to move a little further out of town to a campsite offering a 3 for 2 deal on stays and save ourselves a bit of money. This was cancelled out when we found a menu for Macs Steakhouse and treated ourselves to a slap up meal. Very nice it was too, although I really shouldn't have had the Chocolate dream dessert. Felt fit to burst after that. A couple of chilling out days also helped ...

