The Lodge@199 Rotorua
199 Spencer Road, Lake Tarawera Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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Day 32 Rotorua
... are extremely hot (about 300 degrees)and scientists havent been able to find the bottom of them. After the tour around the we had some sweetcorn that had been cooked in a pool then watched a Maori cultural excperience which was brilliant. There was everything from love songs to Hakas(war dances) and then the audience got involved with a bit of " the Hokey Cokey" maori style. This afternoon we made the most of McDonalds free wifi then bought some blankets to hopefully keep ...
A fun day!
... we were back at the campground, we started cooking supper. Once again, the great chef Mikkel, cooked another meal. We made Indian Butter Chicken and Spaghetti Cacciatore, with Vegetables. It was great. After supper, we watched Ladder 49. It was a good movie, and I really liked it because firefighting is something I am interested in. It was also sad though. If you haven’t seen it, I suggest watching it. After the movie, we all were tired, and went to bed. Thanks for ...
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
... track and over the humps in the road shaking the van to bits. A short 50km drive would take us to our morning meeting. Today, we would be seeing pretty cool geezer, or is that spelt Geyser. Think I’m right the second time.
The Wai-o-Tapo park is pretty badly arranged considering the first thing everyone wants to do is witness the 10.15am eruption of Lady Knox Geyser. You have to drive in to the main park entrance and park, get a ticket, and then drive back to a ...
Rotorua
... shoes back on after paddling, and could feel certain areas of the path were a lot warmer than others… Eventually I made it back to the paddling pool and sat here, reading my pamphlets until it was dusk. Headed back to the hostel for some supper and then read my book for a short while before collapsing in bed.
Tue 1/11 – Kiwi Encounter
Up at 08h30 and had some toast for breakfast. The kitchens in the YHAs are really good – equipped with ...
Zorbing
... a few words.
We finished with a trip to the Polynesian Spa built on the geothermal hot springs. There were several stone lined pools of varying degrees of temperature 39-42 degrees Celsius. Someone else do the math. After soaking we had relaxing massages and manuka honey showers. Aahh.
Dinner of Thai food at the 'The Thai Restaurant', and off to pack for tomorrow's trip to ...



