Anyway, still in Rotorua (the stinky eggy smelling town) but am leaving tomorrow for a place called Taupo and then on to Tongariro National Park which is supposed to be amazing. (Also where they filmed Mt. Doom from Lord of the Rings).
Hanging in Rotorua has been relaxing. Yesterday I checked out a living Maori thermal village with geysers. Our tour guide was really awesome and showed us how they still use the thermal pools (which are 195 degrees Celcius) to cook and bathe etc. They also did a cultural dance for us. It was all really cool.
Last night, I went to the Polynesian spa to sit in the thermal pools to soothe my soul (hopefully) and it was nice. Super hot though, the pools were between 38 and 42 degrees celsius, so at times it didn't feel too good on my sunburn. It was outside though and we had a good view of the lake.
Last night I had a hillarious conversation about German phone etiquette vs. Canadian phone etiquette, complete with role plays that me and my friend Matt who works at my hostel acted out for some Germans and Swiss. Last night was also reminicent of my tree-planting days as I hung out with 3 Canadian guys (all work here) and this hillarious German in Matt's trailer and laughed at them while they smoked weed. Wow. It took me back to my Northern Ont. days hanging out in the octolounge with Gomz, Reid et al (if you planted with A and M, you know what I'm talking about).
Today I went to a park to check out more thermal activity (spitting mud etc) but unfortunately because of the amount of rain we got last night, everything was flooded and we couldn't really see anything too cool. It was still a nice park though.
Anyway, I'm off to relax for the rest of the day. Make sure you scroll down and check out other pictures that I've added to previous posts.
Until next time...
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