In New Zealand for Work - Sat

06/03/07

John and I had a great time in the weekend. I showed him a couple of the North Islands touristy destinations.

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We started off at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland near Rotorua. It was pretty impressive, especially the Champagne lake which goes down to 62 meters in the middle and water enters the pool at 230 degrees C (cools down to 74 degrees at the top):

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That's Arsenic and Antimony sulphur compounds around the edge:

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Lots of caves with bubbling pools of mud:

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Really colourful pools (with yellow sulphur and green ferrous salts)

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This pool is called the Oyster:

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And this freaky coloured pool is known as the Devil's bath (seriously, how many people would read that and expect it to be red?!)

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