A nice way to spend a day

Hot Water Lazing and Lounging :)

---

February 26th 2009
26/2/09 = Hot Pools in Hanmer Springs Terrible, terrible nights sleep last night! So bad, it was actually comical in parts. Firstly, woke up an innumerable amount of times to awful, itchy sandfly bites. They now look and feel like chickenpox and even rival that level of itchiness! Way, way worse than mosquito bites. On top of this, we also had one of the worlds worst ever snorers in our room. H ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hanmer Springs

---

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