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Held our breath in Rotorua
Sunny and warm. Left around 10.00am from the excellent Colonial Homestay, after a superb cooked breakfast, You name it we had it and were really full when we left. Chris enlighten Jan to Mrs Bucket, although wouldn’t tell her that. Everything just so, breakfast served on Royal Doulton china.
Meandered down the coastal route via …
The town that smells of rotten eggs
Yes it's true what you read, Rotorua really does stink of rotten eggs and it's not pleasant, but you do get used to it (well sort of) after a while. On the plus side, it is an amazing place to visit due to the all the geothermal activity. On our first day we had a wander round the city itself which is quite a pleasant place, but it's the parks that …
Sheep show and little Kiwis
... onto the log flume (oh yes). This was all very sedate and we marvelled at the weathered badly painted plastic animals. Then the 10,000 metre drop…The log flume fell…Nics woke up abruptly from her slumber…Alex screamed…Water splashed children millimetres away…Our bellies rejoined our bodies as we hit the bottom of the ride…Giggles…Then we were allowed to go round again..No children were allowed in our boat!
Once we regained our ...
Bubble & boil
... In some areas ducks and geese can have the webbing on their feet eaten away by the caustic minerals in the water if they spend too much time in specific areas.
It was a rainy day in Rotorua so I spent some time in the library and that is when I experienced my first earthquake in NZ. As I described in the blog update I was writing at the time, the building sort of jolted a bit. It wasn't anything major (all the books stayed on the shelves) but it made you ...
Hungry for Hangi
... baked, smoked and steamed in an earth pit in the ground over hot white coals and native timber. Meat and vegetables are placed in baskets which are lowered into the ground above the hot coals and then covered with wet cloth and hessian sacks and then earth is piled up on top to keep the heat in to create an oven. this is then left to cook for three hours to produce a perfectly baked, smoked and steamed meal with a strong flavour of the earth. We were lucky ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Kitchenette