View from my hotel room of the boiling mud pool.
Hotel room view of the geyser.
Zoomed geyser.
The full name of the park.
Park entrance.
One of the carvings in the park entrance.
Another. The eyes are paua shells (abalone).
Close-up of the big mud pool. The temperature is about 95 degress.
My room from the park. The one with the open door on the second floor.
Stream and steam.
Rocks below the geyser.
More geyser rocks.
Guide sign near the biggest geyser.
They geyser is giving a show.
Steam coming out of random locations on the hill.
More of the geyser eruption.
It does this for a few minutes every hour these days, though it's not predictable.
Still going.
Careful.
Please don't walk into the boiling water.
Still going off at the end of the guided tour.
Traditional Maori meeting house.
There's always one of these too, but I don't know what it is.
We're about to be welcomed into the meeting house.
Maori woman and our “chief” (American) for the purposes of the ceremony.
The Maori chief. Trying to intimidate/welcome us. He dropped the leaf on the walkway.
Our chief has the leaf. We're going to be allowed in.
The inside. Most don't allow pictures or shoes. This one allowed pictures. There was singing and dancing.
Self-guided walk around the park. Tiny boiling mud pool.
Another hotspot.
Educational stuff.
More hot holes.
More education.
Hot, clear, boiling water. And steam.
Geothermal drilling is bad, m'kay.
Please don't walk into the boiling mud, stupid.
Ok. So it wasn't boiling per se. Just steamy and acidic.
Pool of steamy water.
Yet another mud pool.
More of the same mud.
White dirt, black sulphur.
The park and some hills.
The educational sign for the main geyser.
Big black steaming hole.
Modern Maori village near the park. They still bathe and cook in the hot pools.
The park from the highest point.
Geyser rocks from a different angle.
Walkway between the park and the main buildings.
Olives growing in downtown Rotorua.
Black swan on the lake showing off.
Lake Rotorua. Not too exciting.
Docks and hills and swans.
Geyser from my hotel at night. 30-second exposure.
