Oh, I'm All Excited

The Big Stink

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December 6th 2009
Rotavegas Our travellers have arrived in Rotarua, which Sue has aptly named Rotastinky what with the smell of rotten eggs hanging in the air the whole time. This is part of New Zealand's volcanically active region and just by the road there are bubbling pools of volcanic mud, drains by the road have steam coming out of them, the campsite has it's hot water heated from a thermal vent, e ... 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