Never one to turn down the opportunity to get on his bike, Richard and a friend of his got up early on Saturday morning and headed down to Rotorua to cycle through some woods. It was in fact Richard’s birthday, but none of us girls were going to get up at the crack of dawn just to give him his presents.
At a much more civilised time – around lunchtime, we got ourselves together (prized Lana off Facebook) and headed south too. Rotorua is only just over an hour away, but you can smell it from about 40 mins away – it’s the sulphur from the geothermal activity. We had a stunning walk around the rainbow pools and saw Lady Knox geyser erupt at exactly 10.15am – helped by the addition of some soap as a catalyst. Impressive all the same.
After a quick dip in the Polynesian Spa (one pool closed coz a baby had done a poo in it!) we headed for the cable cars. Rotorua is known for its smell but also its adrenaline opportunities. We decided against the bungee, the schweeb, the swoop and the zorb, but quite made up for it on the luge. OK, not quite the winter Olympics, and certainly no snow, but you can pick up quite a speed in a little cart on a concrete track down the side of a mountain. So much fun that we went back the following day too.
At a much more civilised time – around lunchtime, we got ourselves together (prized Lana off Facebook) and headed south too. Rotorua is only just over an hour away, but you can smell it from about 40 mins away – it’s the sulphur from the geothermal activity. We had a stunning walk around the rainbow pools and saw Lady Knox geyser erupt at exactly 10.15am – helped by the addition of some soap as a catalyst. Impressive all the same.
After a quick dip in the Polynesian Spa (one pool closed coz a baby had done a poo in it!) we headed for the cable cars. Rotorua is known for its smell but also its adrenaline opportunities. We decided against the bungee, the schweeb, the swoop and the zorb, but quite made up for it on the luge. OK, not quite the winter Olympics, and certainly no snow, but you can pick up quite a speed in a little cart on a concrete track down the side of a mountain. So much fun that we went back the following day too.
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