This city stinks...

Greetings from Rotorua! We have now meandered our way down to Rotorua by way of Waitamo. And yes, we drove on the LEFT side of the road the entire time with no accidental right-laning despite innate reflexes. On our way down from Auckland we stopped first in a village called Waitamo, which is famous NZ-wide for the inhabitants of its caves. As one makes his/her way through the stalagmites and stalagtites that have taken hundreds of thousands of years to form, the caves get colder and darker. And in this cold darkness is the perfect home for millions and millions of gloworms, that if you didn't know better you would think you were underneath the night sky resting your eyes upon the millions of starts above you. It was awe-inspiring. No one speaks, they just stare in the mysterious silence.

After Waitamo, we continued on the left to Rotorua, the Sulfur city of NZ. And oh lord does it stink here. As we drove into the city, we could see billows of steam that we later found out where rising from the lakes and the ground. We started out the morning at the Polynesian spas, which are outdoor thermal and mineral baths reaching temperatures of over 44 degrees CELCIUS and looking over Lake Rotorua like an infinity pool, truly blissful! Then we shopped a bit and went to the Redwood forest for a walk. We saw redwoods that seemed kilometers high and meters wide! We also went to a lake that seemed only imaginable on screen. It was a beautiful day, but my time is running out and must go! My cell phone number here is 64 210 261 2519. Call me!!!!