Foot Pool at Hell's Gate

Exploring Rotorua

---

March 1st 2007
We were able to pack in a lot today. After Starbucks (got the Rotorua mug), we headed out to Hell's Gate, a Mauri owned tourist site featuring one of the more active geothermal sites in the area. A bit of hyperbole in the name - apparently George Bernard Shaw coined it. Astrid was overcome by the smell, but nevertheless soldiered on with us as we walked through the site admiring various steaming p ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

---

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