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Made it to Rotorua. We stopped at the little town of hobbiton. No need to explain this place, were the hobbits live. Fead some sheep and bottle fead some lambs, then had some lamb for dinner! We drank some hobbit beer, tasted like hobbit wee I think. It was only 1% alc, probably because the hobbits are only small! Arriving in Rotorua you can smell it before you see it. It is within a geothermal range so continuously pumping out sulhuric gases from the steam vents. Smells like rotten eggs. poo! I then checked out the town of Whakarewarewa, this a geothermal village were the Maori people still live amoung the thermal pools, useing them to bath in and cook in. Had a corn on the cob that had just been cooked in the termal oven, and it was good too. It was a good day, however it didnt stop pissing it down all day.
The next day was perfect weather. had a walk around Rotorua and looked at some more mud pools and steaming vents. The evening was a Hangi feast night. Went to a maori village to be greated to a not so warm welcome. I tell you the Moari traditional dance and what not is well scary. sends shivers down your spine. If you were facing them doods in war you would run for the hills! The feast agian was cooked in the hangi oven was amazing! filled my belly well full! Had a realy good night.
The next morning with a still full belly was trip to volcanic White Island. This is the most active volcano in NZ. From the volcano scale of 1(dormant) to 5(ready to erupt) this volcano is a 2. We took the boat across to the island (1 and half hr). To my delight thought I saw a dolphine and pleasingly pointed this out to everyone else on the boat, only to realise it was a log floating in the sea, woops. Got to the Island and it was a very early place. There were steam vents, mud pools and hot sulphuric spots throughout the crator. At some points a gas mask was needed as the acidic sulphuric gas would catch your throat. It was a realy good thing to see, I mean how often do you get to walk on a active volcano. The lake that filled the crator itself was full of highly acidic water, Also on the island were the remains of the mines and factory that wrere once used to dig up the sulphur rock to purify to use for fertilsers ect. Loved it.
Leaving Roturua to head south to the next place Taupo.
Love all. xxxx
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