yes another trip again, haha i think i shouldn't get so excited because more trips coming ahead~
well, this marked the last 'group' trip for me, as the coming trips will be all by myself except for the Melbourne one
anyway, first time Rotorua I am coming!
haha actually i been to Rotorua 5 months ago, with my family
however, that was just a by-passed stop for me that time
this time i am spending 3 days 2 nights here, hopefully Rotorua will warm me up this winter =D
woke up very early this morning, but everything was flowing smoothly
first time did a changing for bus at Bulls, and found a seat in a packed bus
saw a rainbow after my bus ride =D
then have a nice lunch at Flat hills cafe
I ate the lamb burger recommended by my bus driver, actually he is the kindest bus driver i met ever
well, basically all bus drivers i met in NZ were very nice, they were friendly and helpful
oops, skip the lunch info, the lamb burger was cheap with reasonable price, and it was very yum!
i dint take the photo because the little nice cafe was too crowded, and besides the burger, other food on shelf looked real nice
but i did snapshot some photos around the cafe
guess what, after lunch my bus passed by the Tongariro national park and I spotted this:
cool! The early snow this winter did a powerful transition for Whakapapa mountain~
Remember I said I met the kindest bus driver ever? He was kind enough to ask if we want to stop for photos!!
Of cause yes!! Most ppl were awaken from deep sleep that time, none of us want to miss out this chance!
power of nature is just magnificent! I can imagine ski field is getting crowded soon....
in constrast, snow seems not really fall on mount Ruapehu
around 3pm, I arrived Rotorua and joined my trip mates - wann zhen, wann shiuan, nan, kien and agnes.
We were going to luge initially, however ends up we gone to Kuirau park to see those free thermal pools
and we also tried on the free public foot baths...
then we gone to polynesian spa!
first time spa was very unique and fresh! I did think it was too expensive, but for the sake of experience, and warmness i survive from this cold winter, i chose to close my eyes from the price~
anyways, good experience.
We got to enjoy 4 different sulphur pools with 4 different temperatures: 36 degree, 38 degree, 40 degree and 42 degree celcius.
the pool closest to the lake view is the highest temperature-pool, but i only spent perhaps less than 5mins in the pool
it was too hot! haha
But i did enjoy the other 3 pools, tho felt very heaty in the end, but it was very relax and comfy~
the begining was pain in the ass, cz we were struggling with the cold as we were dressed in 'sexy' swim-suit, then another pain when slowly got into the hot pool...
then started feel my body could tolerate the extreme hot temperature....and relaxed =)
Polynesia has a very good facilities, we could just use as much towels as we want, this was handy because all towels are same in color, and we mostly just 'chucked' them around the pool but all ppl did the same, so u had to be specific where u located yr towel...haha
i think it was too smoky and also due to the night vision was hard to capture, so all photos are blur =S
anyways, we were thinking we could spend the following 2 hours there, we under-estimated our physical capability
our body just couldnt bear with the high temperature, eventually we were complaining the time ran too slow =P
wann zhen even felt dizzy! We decided to leave the pool around 6pm (initially was planning to stay til 6.30pm), we done good job somehow =)
and actually due to winter, sky gone dark around 5.30pm, we actually able to do a star-glazing while relaxing in the pool~ Life is awesome!
Then we have lovely dinner at this small, but nice Sounthern American cuisine~ Sabroso
Corn chips entree with different sauces, the chef also introduced their home-made chili sauces
The extreme hot shooter really 'shot' my taste buds!
we also shared a jar of the in-house famous mango passion fruit margarita! Very yum and delightful~
I ordered a Calypso chicken for main - Spiced grilled chicken breast topped with our own Caribbean Soul Sauce & rum soaked pineapple, served over
a pumpkin fritter with side salad.
the pumpkin fritter was very good, but i think the chicken breast fillet was too small...
haha i am good eater =)
everyone looked happy with their meal~
Overall was okay, i think wann zhen's special of the day: squid tacos was nicer =)
Perhaps the main did not satisfy me, i was the only one who ordered dessert: mexican chocolate cup - A rich and dense cold chocolate dessert spiced with cinnamon and cayenne chili, topped with whipped cream.
It was not spicy at the first bite, and i thought i will left the full cream aside, but it got spicier then and i finished all the cream ==
Well good dessert tho, i was satisfied!
Autumn in Rotorua is beautiful!
That's my first nite at rotorua, will have a good sleep tonight~
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