Sulphur City Motel Rotorua

... surprised by. The water was so green and the current was so fast. We enjoyed stopping at various viewpoints to take pictures and watch the water flowing by.


We then went on to Taupo where Celia was hoping to do a skydive but the weather was really dull and the sky was really gray so it wouldn’t have been worth it. She was quite disappointed but Lee and Lauren were secretly relieved as they had their reservations (there’s still time ...

... got there with huge collumns of steam rising up from them (some of which immediately condenses in the cool air and kind of sprinkles you with rain). They were so impressive and kind of look like something from another world, in huge mounds of minerals formations - with streams trickling out of them and all around. We also went to sit on the "hot seat", literally as they have benches which are heated from the action below ...

After a heavy night it was a bit of a challenge forcing ourselves out of bed to get up to catch the next bus. I've had to quickly learn to get used to the late nights and early mornings otherwise I'm not going to survive the trip! As per usual we were greeted by our chirpy driver, Josh, and fellow passengers so our hangovers were quickly forgotten about. To help break the journey down we stopped off at a ...

Onderweg naar Rotorua hebben we nog een opmerkzame gebied met enkele fantatische natuurfenomenen bezocht. Zie foto's. Rotorua is een speciaal stadje. Dit merk je vanaf dat je binnenrijdt, al was het maar voor de zwavelgeur die hier rondhangt. Rotorua is ook de plek om de Maori ...

... our guide then explain the trip itself, the safely procedure and history of the river. The highlight of this trip is the 7m drop from a waterfall. This is for the adrenaline junkies.....haha..... In Maori, kai mean food and tuna obviously is a fish, so Kaituna mean fish food which is a primary source of food for the local Maoris back then. The guides whom are also the descendants of the tribe who lives by the river. He ...

... sounds pretty cool. I would have been more impressed with rainbow puppies that taste like candy, but you take what you can get, no? so then I was off and missed my bus, but it wasn't that much so I was alright with that and we went to Rotorua, which is the smelliest place I think I have ever been where there are literally gysers everywhere. I am up to here in natural gysers! So we saw a few go off and that was kinda cool. But really ...

10/29/08 This morning I got up around 9:30 and Andy woke up shortly after I did. We left the hostel around 10am after thanking Amanda one more time for giving us the great deal on the room. After eating a quick breakfast, by 10:30 we were back on the road again. Our first destination for the day was Kerosene Creek in Rotorua. I was in Rotarua about a week before this but never to Kerosene Creek. The story of Kerosene Creek goes like this: Last time Andy and ...

... I really need a full nights sleep and tomorrow I hope to relax for the day before heading to Taupo on Thursday. I got back from the tour just after 4pm and I've been doing menial things like hand washing clothes, sorting my backpack out (I now carry dried museli and noodles with me) and getting dinner.. actually no I treated myself tonight and had instant macaroni cheese, it was horrid! But food is just a survival thing now, I cant afford to ...

... Oufff!). Il a adore !!! Pendant ce temps, Aglae et Nadine sont allees essayer l'un des incontournables de la region : les bains de boue !!!Notre peau etait vraiment toute douce !!!! Puis nous avons ete invites a faire une gravure dans le bois. Nous avons donc sortis les artistes en nous pour realiser de beaux symboles Maori !!! Plus qu'une semaine dans ce beau pays... la temperature se rechauffe de plus en plus on va peut-etre avoir du 15 degres youhou!!!! On pense a vous !!!!

... no wind, so no strands getting caught up), and with a steady supply of food being blown inside, with no way out.

After the boat made its way slowly out of the cave we climbed out into the light, and walked back to the car park.

Leaving the caves is the only chance you get to take a photo, but it's not very impressive, sorry!



Once ...