Champagne pool

Visit to the volcanoes.

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May 3rd 2008
For our next adventure we planned a weekend jaunt to Rotorua, an area around 3 hrs south of Auckland which has a high level of gepthermal and volcanic activity. We were joined by Rachel - another escapee teacher from the UK who works at a nearby school. We had a great time exploring gurgling, boiling mud pools and steaming lakes and crevices; relaxed in natural thermal pools (smelly but soothing ... 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