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Travel Blogs from Rotorua
Mothers Day
It was mothers day yesterday, so I think that this would be the optimum time to break something to all the people reading this. I know you all think you have the best mother in the world, and thats loverly. But unfortunately you are wrong, because I do. My mum is wicked, she's well funny, and she's really nice and fantastic and she makes the BEST …
Yeah Bru, Kia Ora
Rotorua (from Māori: Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, "The second great lake of Kahumatamomoe") is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns …
Thermal center of NZ
Rotorua is a center of thermal activity - there's a nice smell of sulfur hanging over the town. It is also well known for Maori culture.
Up to the Thermal Capital and Eggy Smells
Just a short 130 mile hope North into the Bay of Plenty region and to my next 2 night base at Rotorua. This is the thermal capital of NZ and you could smell the rotten eggs in the air as I approached the city from the Sulphur. This is the home to spurting geysers, steaming hot springs and exploding mud pools as well as a very big Maori influenced …
An Evening with the Mitai Family
Kia Ora this morning we got up early again and got on the road by 9ish. After a funny night, we were sleeping in a 4 bed dorm room and I feel asleep the first and 10 minutes later I've got Laura glaring at me from a few inches from my face saying through her teeth 'you are snoring so loud i can hear you over my music'. She had apparently shone a …