As mentioned, we are in Rotorua. We got recommended by several people to visit this place because it is quite unique and different. It has a lot of geothermal activity, like geysers and mud pools (unfortunately not the kind you can have a spa treatment in since its like 100 degrees C hot).
This morning we visited Wai-O-Tapu, a big volcanic area. Really different and beautiful. The whole park smells like rotten eggs though, or like a reaally old pair of dirty socks, iu.
It was nice. Luckily Erik and I are quite similar so after 1 hour we got completely bored and headed back. We got to see "the majestic eruption of geyser Lady Knox". A guy puts some soap in it everyday at 10.15 in order for it to erupt. Felt a little bit too touristic if you know what I mean...
After a while you really get dizzy of the smell of rotten eggs, so a trip to the city centre of Rotorua was very welcomed and the lake is supercute.
I have not even been travelling for a week and already my cabin bag , aka a free ''ge blod''-backpack that I got from my parents and my flipflops (10 baht from Thailand last year) already got broken so I had to buy new ones. Cheapness doesn't always get you very far. ;)
We have five days left on the North Island, on Friday next week we are taking the ferry to the South Island and we will be living the simple camping life until then (no internet!).
Fun fact: BBC used the park Wai-O-Tapu to shot the background scenes for their serie "Walking with dinosaures".
''The champagne pool"
Lady Knox before her morning eruption
So this is what it actually looked like: American and Japanese tourists, Thousands of them!
Lake Rotorua
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