Quality Resort Heritage In Rotorua

Updated my blog and uploaded a bunch of pictures in the morning. Had a good talk with Mark`s Grandpa(really nice old guy), then a nice talk with Mom(who was very excited to hear from me). Drove to Rotorua along mostly flat farmland, then hills as we got closer. Checked out zorbing($47 ...

... for South America and had Jimmy's watch fixed and did lots of satisfying bits like that before heading to Te Puia to see some geyser action and some Maori culture.<br> <br> When we arrived at Te Puia we had a quick picnic before heading inside to see a Maori cultural performance. First of all one of the performance group came out and explained to us everything that was going to happen. So the chief of the tribe came out and ...

... road, down the track and we parked in the carpark, half in a hedge. We jumped out and ran to see a man start the geyser by dropping biodegradable washing powder down the hole and then spend 10 minutes explaining how geysers worked whilst the geyser slowly dribbled. Slightly disappointed we went back to the Wonderland for a wander aroung it's thermal delights. It was quite good, except for the chemistry lab smells. After ...

... te ontdekken. Dit konden we doen in het Te Puia centrum, waar we kennis gemaakt hebben met de geschiedenis, het houtsnijden, het textielweven, enz. We hebben ons (alweer) verwent op een spa-therapie, met enkele hete zwempoelen tussen 36 en 41 graden Celcius. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

... locals refer to it as RotoVegas. I haven't the faintest idea why. The real Vegas smells nothing like sulphur and there isn't steam coming out of the ground everywhere it can find an escape. Rotorua, on the other hand, did smell and was steaming. It's like having a town built on top of Yellowstone National Park. We didn't have a lot of time so we thought in order to see it all we'd go to the biggest tourist ...

We got up and hopped the bus to the Zorb place.  We were the first zorbers of the day.  For those of you who don't know what zorbing is, basically, you dive head first into a giant plastic hamster ball, they throw in some water, and then you run down a hill in it.  It is soooo freaking much fun.  I need to set up my own place around here so that I can go zorbing all of the time.  I wish that instead of paying per ride, you could just ...

... for "Hobbitville" tours which said "movie set tours" underneath. I'm not sure if they just built doors &amp; windows into the sides of these hills, but thats about all it would take to make these weird little hills look like dwellings. Overall, it's a beautiful ride through the country. I arrived and headed to the lake front to treat myself to some upgraded accomodation (loving this exchange rate!) and maybe some spa time. If your ...

... took you to their big complex and gardens. They started off by teaching us some maori words and phrases, then one guy was selected as the spokesman for all the guests. We then moved outside and saw the Maori warrior guys canoeing down the river whilst singing, then we watched doing various activities, such as singing, exercises and fightng with sticks. It was interesting as there was good explanations o why they do certain things, for instance ...

... little cabin, and chilled out for a couple of hours, which was lovely. We bought a nice bottle of wine earlier and enjoyed that outside the cabin, where the weather was still ok, and pretty warm. <br><br>A short while later I went off to try the onsite mineral baths a few minutes walk away (which were boiling hot and had a few young girls in there when I arrived ...

... Adri*n *nd K*ren Morton (*nd Adri*n's p*rents). We went k*y*king in the morning (ch*nge of pl*n from s*iling due to no wind; IBRSC t*ke note!) *nd for * round of golf in the *fternoon, in the sh*dow of * volc*no; very spect*cul*r. We re*lly enjoyed the d*y (*nd * few much-needed Kiwi*n* expl*n*tions) *nd look forw*rd to seeing Adri*n *nd K*ren *g*in in Molesey in the summer.<br><br>next journ*l - going *ll *ltern*tive in the Corom*ndel.