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Rotorua Slideshow
Rotorua
Travel Blogs from Rotorua, New Zealand
Taupo - Rotorua
... had spotted another serving dish in the park shop - more presents to carry back. We're going to need another bag, chuck! Finally reached Rotorua - a much busier place than many we've been to - lots of traffic, traffic lights too (a rarity). We had to go ...
Back to Rotorua
In the morning we drove the hour drive back to Rotorua, adn today we had plans to visit Te Puia, the Maori cultural centre, which also had mud pools and the big geyser there too (I can't remember the exact name but will update when I do, Pohutu or ...
Back to Rotorua
... forgetting how to do this), it was BBQ and it was so cheap to make as a group. The following day I should have been leaving Rotorua to head onto Taupo, but first I wanted to see a Kiwi bird. I felt that I could spent time in NZ without seeing the ...
Last day above the magma
... UK should note that we should wear all white when we play; so smarten up! So up the mountain to take photos of Lake Rotorua. The lake is a drowned crater, the island in the middle is the volcanic plug which formed after the crater collapsed as the ...
Rafting Pics
Here are the pics from the rafting trip a few weeks ago -- they didn't post the first time I tried, but they should be there now...I ...
Rotoura- 'City' of Maori fun and smelly geysers
Well okay i've got almost 5months missing and a few months of scattered comments before that! so i'll try and be more regular now that i'm on the move ...
Rotorua - the city that smells
Rotorua is the geothermal centre of New Zealand and the first thing you notice about it is the smell. It absolutely stinks of rotten eggs due to the the sulphur and gases produced from all the geothermal activity. On the drive to Rotorua Matt and me ...
Eggy Rotorua!!! Stinky Town!!!
... ;first time we actually want to recline on the bus its only an hours drive... boooo!!!! Arrived in the town of Rotorua it absolutely STANK!!!!! its all geothermal and sulphur comes out the ground EVERYWHERE!! we have officially started to become little ...
Central North Island - Day 1
It was raining pretty hard when we left Auckland. However, one thing about New Zealand is that it could be raining in one area then clear a few km's away. We stopped at a few places along the way including a deer farm from what we could see. It was ...
The Haka.....
So the next day keith did a skydive, i would have loved to have done one but couldn't afford but will defo do one very soon, it looked amazing! we then all got the bus again..... this time to rotarua! We arrived and i had been warned about the pong, ...
An eggy smell
Arriving in Rotorua we checked in to our hostel for one night (they were full the next night) and we did our usual recce on the town, eventually finding a supermarket. We cooked our dinner and relaxed for the rest of the evening, hoping not to ...
Rotorua - the bubbling heart of Maori culture
... Tapu; a geothermal reserve owned by the department of conservation and is apparently the most concentrated area of geothermal activity in New Zealand. The first sight of our walking tour of the park was the Lady Knox Geyser which erupts daily thanks to ...
We've been Doomed!
Kia Ora from Rotorua, a town in New Zealand's north island. Since our last blog we've been up to all sorts of stupidity so where should I begin? Let's try Dunedin. We signed off last time intending to visit the Cadbury factory and go on a wildlife ...
Rotorua
... walk around the downtown area (including stopping by the casino for a brief look!) and prepared for what Kevin called "Phase 2" - our trip to Australia the next day. We had a fantastic time in New Zealand and our now looking forward to the land of ...
This place bloody stinks!
We left wellington and headed fro rotorua, a journey that took about 4 hours in total. On the way we called i at a place caleld taupo to watch mad people doing the iron man comp, (4 km swim, 400 m run, 180km bike ride, then a marathon!). We only stopped ...
Whitianga to Rotorua
... Lord of the Rings was filmed. That is its only claim to fame!! In the afternoon we went did the luge down a mountain in Rotorua, which was qality. Our coach driver, Bodhi, nudged me off the track though... He's a good laugh, and likes to get on ...
Being Indiana Jones again
... and a miner's headtorch - we looked like we should be in some weird 70's Sci-Fi movie or something. We then drove to Rotorua and stopped to watch some of our group roll down a little hill in an inflatable ball containing a bucket of water (wet ...
Wet and smelly.....
... up and showered and we pulled out of that hell hole, leaving our nightmare behind. Nice night huh? We left for Rotorua, a site of lots of thermal energy (lots of gysers, bubbling mud and sulfer smell everywhere!). The campsite actually advertises no ...
Rotorua
... the forest. It was really lovely, like sitting in a really hot river. I guess you can probably tell what else we did in Rotorua, some White water rafting! This was brilliant, down a grade 5 river with the hightlight being a 7m waterfall!! I was quite ...
rotorua
... de 15m de large, ce qui créer de rapide ou le débit de l’eau atteint les 220000 litre par seconde ! Direction Rotorua ou la première chose qui choque est l’odeur d’œuf pourri partout dans la ville ! Cela est du aux ...
Mineral springs, sheep shearing and luge ride
... only crashed 2x) and took ski lift back up, recovered in the mineral springs and then to a dinner show of Maori dance and music. The Maori are the native settlers of NZ and their dance, food and crafts are an important part of the New Zealand ...
Rotorua
... had to run back to the campervan in the freezing cold. Bet they don't make you do that there. 26th April 2007 - Rotorua, New Zealand Our weather luck ran out today and it rained most of the day. We visited Te Puia today, a cultural centre ...
Walking in A Thermal Wonderland.... in Rotorua
Another successful telephone session and we have a bed for the evening. Just outside of budget (it's definately harder in New Zealand) we're staying just a short drive outside of the centre of Rotorua. My takeaway of choice this evening is a chicken ...
Hell's Gate - Rotorua's heat from below
... have no idea how it is grown. We said our goodbyes to friends and lovely Jon & Robyn and headed south to Rotorua, where the soil is all bubbles here from the underground heat. This whole area is in the volcannic belt and we stopped by ...
Kiwi's and Maori's
... stamping to grind whatever is left into the dust, it is indeed a frightening sight and has become famously associated with the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. The most famous and widely used haka comes from Te Rauparaha (1768-1849), chief of the ...
New Zealand - sweet as!
... - 7 hours to Dubai, 3 hours in Dubai airport, 13.5 hours to Melbourne, 1 hour in Melbourne airport then 3 hours on to New Zealand. Managed to get some extra legroom on the Dubai-Melbourne leg which made my day, could actually stretch my legs out for ...
Woo, only an hour bus to Rotorua
Got picked up from Taupo at 11 and got in to Rotorua at like 12 or so, that was great. I had a nap and didn't know where we were when I woke up. The next day Laura, Meagan, Miranda and I went Zorbing which is rolling down a hill in a big hamster ball ...
down the waterfall
After an early start on the Naked bus from Auckland, I was pretty tired by the time I arrived in Rotorua around noon. I checked into a very nice and quiet hostel. My room had four beds and hardly any space for the luggage but fortunately I was alone in ...
Rotorua, the buried village
New Zealand's greatest natural disaster occurred in the early hours of June 10, 1886 when the volcano Mt. Tarawera erupted and bombarded the peaceful village of Te Wairoa with mud, ash and rocks for over four terrifying hours. It also buried the Maori ...
goodbyes and new things
... be healthy) I've decided not to eat any fast food ar drink soda (regular or diet) for the duration of my time in New Zealand, and hopefully beyond. I challenge anyone reading to do the same. I'll write later about Christmas, but I have plans to spend it ...