Princes Gate Rotorua

... estuvo a punto de extenderse por unos cuantos meses cuando despues de haber tenido una entrevista con el dueno del Hotel Princes Gate Hotel me ofrecieron trabajar en la recepcion pero con la condicion de quedarme como minimo hasta finales del mundial ...

... and natural hot water springs….it is meant to be really beautiful and quite spectacular. We felt that we needed to do this as Rotorua is famed for its hot springs. We walked to Rotorua Lake and on a whim went for a cruise around the lake on an old ...

Back to Rotorua today to see what we missed. First stop was Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. Really colourful natural volcanic area, Lady Knox Geyser went off at 10:15, thought it was odd that it happens at the same time everyday until we saw the guy ...

Friday 12 December, 8.08pm, Princes Gate Hotel Good people, I beg of you. Do not stay at the Princes Gate Hotel. They have committed an unforgiveable sin in my eyes - they charge $10/hr for their wireless internet, and you have to sit in ...

... .  I arrived in Rotorua at about 2pm and found my hotel straight away.  I had the pleasure of staying in the Princes Gate Hotel, an historic boutique hotel which was beautifully kept.  I was lucky enough to be staying in the Marvelly Suite, ...

... a sign. Our hotel was across the road and only 50 metres of hard and exhausting travelling saw us reach our target…..The Princes Gate Hotel. This hotel has a fabulous history and just felt special as soon as we arrived!!! This 3 day stay in Tony's ...

... then walked through the government gardens past their museum which was in a stunning georgian style building, past croquet lawns to the princes gate of the park  We then walked to have a look at the lake and sat actually writing this blog for a ...

... smells like someone has farted around you after they have had a heathy does of old eggs the days before. Lovely. Another activity in Rotorua was taking the Gondola up the mountain and jumping on the Swing. Almost as scary as the Swoop but over a steep ...

... time) and got the return coach back to our hotel for early afternoon, so we could visit the Government Gardens and the Rotorua Museum which has been recommended as something rather different. The museum is based in the original old bathhouse which is one ...

... ; We packed up and left for the day at about 4:30pm and I headed out into town for a walk.  There wasn't much open and Rotorua isn't really blessed with things to do in to the town at this time of year so it wasn't long before I headed back to the ...

... and first local trees. but it doesn't touch me as much as the Aussie wilderness... Weird stuff of the week: the mind body spirit expo right here in Rotorua. My rune reading and my aura are both fine, all is good, I am where I'm supposed to be. ...

It is very late. I am utterly exhausted. I will fill you in on my most excellent and action packed day tomorrow when I get to Auckland. For now, let me say just one thing: ZORBING IS THE BEST THING EVER, AND I WANT ONE FOR ...

Finally the last day of the conference had arrived.  As suspected there were a lot of people wandering around a little the worse for wear, which made me chuckle somewhat.  Quite a few people wandered past the stand, for last minute work-related ...

Ah, another day of conferencing.  We had come to the conclusion that no one was going to turn up at the convention centre before morning teabreak so we decided that we would turn up at around 10am to get there just before it started.  It ...

I woke up reasonably early for a Sunday and collected my paper from outside my door.  It was a nice sunny day but I had arranged to meet Ged to get our stand all set up at 11am in the bar (we arranged to meet in the bar, not get the stand set up ...

Song of the day: Thorn in my side by Eurythmics Epiphany: I now know where all the freshwater of the world has disappeared. It's here, in New Zealand, pouring down on my head! Fun sights on the road: Written on the wooden fence of a house: "Ken Owen owes ...

... get the more the air smells of eggs. Then we headed on towards Late Rotorua where we saw black swans. And we finished at the Princes Gate Arches and Government gardens. It wasn’t the warmest of days, do on the way back, it seemed only correct to ...