Mountain Biking

Rotorua...Smell Ville!

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September 20th 2006
This place STINKS!....Although beautiful the Sulphur is pongy, Steve was not expecting the smell and he thought that it was me making the smell!! As soon as the coach entered Rotorua we had a row over who had passed wind. Soon we realised it has to be sulphur from the hot springs! We found the nearest Info centre and the hostel we were staying in came to pick us up, it was brand new, clean and SAF ... 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