Sulfur, steam, mud and geysers

You can smell it before you get there. That would be the resort town of Rotorua. It's a lovely little town at the base of Lake Rotorua where people have come to take the cure and soak in the hot waters for over a hundred years. Mike has arranged our motel and highly recommended a traditional Maori show and dinner. We must get to the motel by 5:30 as a bus will pick us up for the show. We open our room door to a picture perfect view of a spouting geyser and thermal area. I am thinking, Mike has really paid attention to all the details, but having a geyser go off as you enter the room is good timing!