The evening was nice meeting all kinds of different people, guess what there was even an eindhovenaar. Anyway after a good night sleep, the weather had improved considerably and it was time to check out the geo thermal wonders around Rotorua. From a commercial point of view the BP owner recommended the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal parc. And if the weather would have been better the Waimangu Valley was also a good (read better) one. So guess what when I arrived at the thermal parc the weather was really nice, some sunshine some clouds but more important no rain. And seeing the fact that both parcs where south of Rotorua and on the same highway i decided to visit the Waimangu Valley as well. And to be honest this was given the weather far better then the other one. First of all far less tourists, and much more beautifull scenery. BTW the picture is taken at the valley.
Rotorua itself is nice as well and has some historic buildings and a polynesian spa which I will visit later on or tomorrow morning. Now back to the heading 'die lucht'refers to the sulfuric gasses which are a result of the thermal activity.
It smells like rotten eggs, but luckily after an hour or so you start to get used to it.
At the first parc I met the first 'limburgers' and they mentioned that skydiving is cheapest in Taupo. That will be on the itinerary for the weekend. I wanted to do the skydiving however i was not shure where to do it. Initially i wanted to save that for Queenstown on the South Island but i might as well fit it in for Taupo.
were you crowned as king of the visitors as well ? With the maori warrior dancing within half a meter of your face ?
ReplyDeleteRemember the blue and red photo of the maori roof on the wall in HTC43.3 ?
It was taken in Rotorura as well.