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Great Tribe of Fifteen Nations

We spent most of the next day in the hostel escaping the rain, me getting irritated by a group of Irish girls who seemed to be so addicted to television that they required it for background noise. They kept walking away leaving the confounded machine on, so I kept getting up to switch it off....

permalink written by  shedden on August 19 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

Better Than Brioche (or Cake)!

The bus journey to Rotorua took most of the day. We had included Rotorua in our New Zealand itinerary as it is billed as ''the'' place for ''maoritanga'', Maori culture, and we were to stay there for three nights since, after feeling rushed in China, I thought this was the minimum necessary for...

permalink written by  shedden on August 18 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Michael's Round-the-World honeymoon

From the sub-lime(stone) to the ridiculous(ly steamy)

Day - 30 Wednesday 21st May 2009 Another bright sunny start to the day after a cold night. Elsewhere on the North Island, roads were blocked with snow, so we're not complaining. Our campsite in Hamilton was basic, but had all we needed. We found some interesting fungi sharing our...

permalink written by  Saros on May 21, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hairy Animal 2009 World Road Trip

End Of The Road

So all that remains is to get back to Auckland and experiment with this Settling Down and having a Normal Life thing people keep going on about. After three years on the road and not spending more than 6 months in one place it should prove interesting to say the least. Updates will be...

permalink written by  Claire on March 5, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

...And Winding Down

Yay, back in Rotorua so no one will notice that everything I own still smells like sulphur, especially after we'd all been to the Polynesian Spa. Start the day with a bungy, wind down in the evening sat in a vat of hot water interspersed with cold showers because 40 degrees can make you feel...

permalink written by  Claire on March 1, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 8: Paying Good Money To Roll In Mud

Just when you thought you'd gotten used to the smell of Rotorua up crops Hell's Gate, a geothermal reserve with mud baths and sulphur spas and if you have a shit load of cash, massages. $85 got us park entry, a 20 minute mud bath followed by a sulphur spa which are both apparently good for your...

permalink written by  Claire on January 20, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 7: I Love Rotorua

Rotorua is so NOT the best place to wake up hungover, as you wander through various pockets of stink your stomach alternates between lurching, wishing you dead and thinking, "Smells like... eggs... want eggs... bacon... crusty roll... lashings of HP and a cup of tea..." Not an ideal situation....

permalink written by  Claire on January 19, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

North Island Day 6: ZORRRRRB!

Upon entering Rotorua you might as well hand over your cashcard and your PIN number to the city because it's going to obliterate your budget anyway, there's so much cool stuff to do if you can get used to the smell. Ah yes. The smell. You can't talk about Rotorua without mentioning the smell,...

permalink written by  Claire on January 18, 2009 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Rotorua to Taupo

Hello again family, friends, and fans! Jen and I are now in Taupo. The journey here from Rotorua was through beautiful farmlands and countryside. Travel time in Lucille (our cozy '85 Toy van) was about 1 hour. We stopped by Huka Falls on the way in for a look at the only outlet from Lake Taupo....

permalink written by  TwoSouls on December 22, 2007 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: New Zealand: Santa Wears Burmudas

Quick update...

For those of you that heard about the earthquake down here, we wanted to let you know we are safe. It was a 6.8 out of Gisbon, which is about 200 km southeast of us, so we did feel the tremor, but it was mild here. It was strange though, because I didn't know that they had earthquakes down...

permalink written by  TwoSouls on December 21, 2007 from Rotorua, New Zealand
from the travel blog: New Zealand: Santa Wears Burmudas

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