IDFTA 2000 Goes Down-Under
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IDFTA 2000 Goes Down-Under |
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A day of tourist activities in and around Rotorua, arguably one of New Zealand's premier tourist stops.
Whakarewarewa ('Waka' for short) is a working Maori (native Polynesian) village. It features an arts and crafts center -- here a Maori guide demonstrates the skill of using canes to make the grass skirts worn by native Polynesians throughout the south Pacific. |
The marai is the traditional Maori meeting house. |
Within the 'Waka' complex are hot-springs, geysers, and boiling mud. Such geothermal activity is prevalent around Rotorua, and the city is bathed a notable sulfur, rotten egg smell most of the time. |
'Pohutu' is a geyser that shoots up to 80 feet in the air. |
Bill Tietjen and Jeremy Compton contemplate a mud bath at 'Waka.' Legend has it that Polynesian kings would sit for hours contemplating the bubbling mud -- have things really changed that much??? |
Watch out! Steve Blizzard, IDFTA President is dealing at the hotel in Rotorua. |
