View From the Spa

Great Pools Of Fire

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July 24th 2009
Day 95 (Friday 24/07/09, NJJ) Had a lie in until 10am. Around 2pm we drove in to the city to the Polynesian Spa for some hot mineral bathing. We used the 'Adult and Priest Pools', a complex of seven pools of thermal mineral waters. The pools were of varying temperatures between 38 and 42 degrees centigrade. 3 of them had alkaline waters (good for the skin) and 4 had acidic waters (good for aches ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more