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Famous for smelling like egg, Rotorua's reputation preceeds itself but everyone who visits always looks beyond the smell to appreciate Rotorua as one cool destination in New Zealand. Rotorua is a place of two extremes, you challenge yourself further than ever before with the adventure, adrenaline sports on offer and then channel your inner goddess by cleansing the soul and skin in one of either geothermal pools or natural mud pools.
Another natural phenomenon in New Zealand the geological history behind Rotorua adds to its charm, visitors to the area will find themselves walking amongst explosive geysers, dormant volcanoes and geothermal pools.
Last weekend it was time for our roadtrip to Rotorua! We left on Friday evening after work, so we were all a bit tired, but we were all very excited of course! We spent the first night in Taupo, but the next morning it was time for Rotorua! At first, we decided to just have a chilled and quiet evening and go to bed early. But Chris from Crash Palace asked us to go on the Saturday Night Pub Crawl and we could not say no to that!
The rush, the adrenaline, the occasional high that you get from the Earth's gravitational pull, the wind swishing and swashing at you face, the dropping feeling in your abdomen, the tears that roll from your eyes. All these feelings you can get while going downhill on a luge.
What's a luge you ask? A luge is basically a plastic go-kart with a handle bar that controls the speed, the going and stopping of the luge. It is fairly simple to operate... even a kid can do it.
I'm not a Lord of The Rings fan, so I kept asking myself why I was spending money to go and visit Hobbiton which is something I didn't think I'd enjoy. But I just like making people jealous, especially my folks who are big fans of the Lord of The Rings (LOTR). So I said to myself, "Why not? People do come here to New Zealand all the way to the other side of the world to only see places that were used during the filming of the incredibly popular movies." Next thing I know I was looking at this gorgeous landscape of Hobbiton.
The awesome thing about New Zealand is that nowhere is too far for an adventure, you can just hop in a car and let the open road consume you. When some of the guests here at Nomads Auckland Backpackers hostel invited me along for a mini adventure to Rotorua I was definitely keen.
Waking up with a severe hangover was definitely a rookie move but I powered on to the amusement of my fellow road trippers and we set off in our budget rental car on to the adventure capital of the North Island.
Ever thought that Hamsters look as though they're having a great time when they play in the wheel in their cage or run around the room in a ball? Well I was always a little bit jealous of them (don't judge me). So on Saturday when I was offered the chance to roll down a hill in a big inflatable ball thing how on earth could I say no?
Before I start telling you about my white water rafting experience, I should warn you: the words ‘amazing’ and ‘beautiful’ will be mentioned a lot. Firstly because my native language is Dutch so my English vocabulary is not perfect and secondly; just because it was amazing and beautiful!
That’s the first thing you learn about the Whaka village before even entering it – the whole name of the thermal living village is situated before its entrance arc and makes the life of tourists harder when they are asked to pronounce it during the guided tour. For those who find it difficult, and to be honest around 100% of the people face some difficulties pronouncing it, the shorter version is quite a relief.
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