Erupting!!

Smells like sulphur!

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March 4th 2007
Rotorua, the town of hot and smelly wells and geysers. We had been there, seing our first geysers! We have been to TE PUIA, where are geysers, mudbaths as well as information about the ancient people of New Zealand (the land of the long white cloud), called by the Europeans as "Mauri". We saw some dances and heard some of their songs. In the evening we we participating at a "Hangi", a special ... 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