Coachman Motor Inn Rotorua

... once a famous geothermal spa which offered therapeutic treatments to visitors from all over the world.<br><br><br>Opened in 1908 by Rear-Admiral Sperry of the American Great White Fleet, the Bath House represents the New Zealand Government&#8217;s first major investment in the tourism industry.<br> <br><br>It is a bit of a worry to see what the ...

... nobility and for which I should certainly be awarded a knighthood in due course.<br>Unfortuneately my gallantry cannot be shown as Gail took the camera to an activity you are not (as she found out) allowed to photograph.<br><br>Later that day we drove on to the centre point of our tour in the North Isle, Rotorua.<br><br>The 1st thing you notice about Rotorua is the pungent smell of sulphur as you descend the ...

... Even though i enjoyed the peace 2 nights was enough, and all i had initally paid for, so as i decide to extend my stay in Rotorua and extra night, i moved to YHA for a little bit of company, it was slightly cheaper there too and next door to the coach pick up for the following morning. So no more luxury for me, but for $27 p/n i highly recommend it if you want some peace and quiet. Round at YHA i didnt find it much different, there were people around ...

... it was that small you couldn't even fit a cat into it to swing! These rooms were outside as well and basically a pre-fab type building. The insulation wasn't great and the gap at the bottom of the door made the rooms fairly cold at night - luckily enough we had an electric heater and the hot water pipe ran along the wall and also provided heat (not by design id imagine!). The walls are wafer thin and you can hear clearly throughout the courtyard everything. Plus the ...

\16 Mar 09 We booked the white water rafting trip in the morning and a Tamaki Maori culture tour in the evening. We were picked up from our hostels at 9am to their offices to change into rafting attires which have a fleece pulled over, a waterproof shoes, helmet and a waterproof jacket. We get on the bus again this time with four raft tow behind. On the way to Kaituna river which is a spill from Lake Rotorua to the smaller Lake ...

... temp and cold water in hot temps! So basically you jump/slide into the smaller bubble, they zip you in and push you down a hill. I'm pretty sure that the both of us were laughing and screaming the whole time down (which took about 45 seconds)! Definitely a fun, wet, washing machine like experience! Number two was the sheep shearing show. Before I go into the show let me tell you a little bit about the population here...there are about 4 million people and 44 million sheep ...

... Swans &amp; boat planes rather than the mad Jet Skiers &amp; Canoeists of home! Standing on the edge of Lake Rotorua we could have been at the lower edge of Loch Lomond or Loch Leven the scenery is so similar! Walking back towards town there is a hill in the background which has been reminding me of something - I originally thought it was Tunnel Mountain in Banff but then realisation dawned that it was in fact Benarty hill/Bishop ...

... good fun. A concert of Maori traditional singing, dancing and story telling followed by delicious lamb and chicken steam cooked in a Hangi (earth oven) and finally a walk through the forest to see the glow worms. All in all a good day and evening, and then back to the hostel for a mug of wine with a couple of German girls I met and to re-pack my rucksack ready to leave for Lake Taupo bright and early the next morning.

... weirdo was in our room with us. So weirdo's aside for now, Hot Rocks was not the best hostel in the world, so we quickly skipped out and went to the bar, hoping to lose Darren in the process, no such luck, he followed us, but luckily we happened to bump into Beth and Vicky the two girls we met up in Paihia, so we ended up getting quite drunk with them, which probably wasn't the best of ideas as we are meant to be going whitewater rafting tomorrow.

... Nächster Stopp war Taupo. Das liegt an Neuseelands größtem See, dem Lake Taupo, der, glaube ich, etwa so groß ist wie der Bodensee und wahrscheinlich die größte Vulkancaldera der Welt ist. Die Gegend zwischen Taupo und Rotoroa ist thermisch hochaktiv und es gibt hier mehrere heiße Quellen, blubbernde Schlammlöcher, Geysire und Silikatterassen. Die Erdwärme und der thermische Dampfdruck werden hier erfolgreich für die Deckung von etwas 10% des neuseeländischen ...