We rolled in to Rotorua and it was quite apparent where all the tourists were, they were not up the tip top of the north all here in Rotorua. The information place was sure easy to find, picked up some maps, things to do and where to stay. Found a quaint little place and settled in as the night. The driving was getting to us so we stayed here for a couple days. After a decent shower, food and rest we woke to head off to town and look around at some of the shopping, then we had our next plans to enjoy some geothermal highlight of the area.
Hells Gate was our destination, for a short hike around a volcanic geothermal area, then to some sweet hot mud where Ray and I covered each other in boiling hot clay colored mud. This mud was actually nice to put on as opposed teh the Fiji mud, felt like silk on your skin as apposed to mud. They cook you in the mud for 20 minutes which is suppose to help with medical conditions such as skin problems/disorders, arthritis, aches and pains and so on. It did feel kinda neat, then you shower off the mud and head towards the sulphur mineral baths and relax. All this while you smell the rotten egg smell all around you. We rinsed off and headed back to our campsite.
We have been watching Lord of the Rings as we travel along too, just kinda felt like the movie series to watch as we are surrounded by alot the scenery.
In the morning we packed up and headed down to the Gypsy Fair, dirty gypsys, wierdos, and a piercing shop in a gypsy van that screem hepititis, so we booked it outta Rotorua and made our way down towards Lake Taupo, just a pit stop on our way to Waitaimo caves which looks interesting. We went to another geothermal walk with a cool cave, and saw a waterfall on the way. Wishing everyday the weather would clear but nothing we can do about that, it had been raining since we got here with small breaks of sun if we are lucky once in awhile. Caught a bad system over NZ when we landed and have been waiting for it to pass since.
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