{"id":9623,"date":"2019-11-18T02:40:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2019-12-14T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T19:30:22","slug":"november-16-wai-o-tapu-geothermal-area-and-napier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=9623","title":{"rendered":"November 16 – Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Area and Napier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWai-O-Tapu Geothermal Area<\/p>\n

This morning we took a short walk to see the avocado orchard owned by our hosts at the Purple Hen B&B.<\/p>\n

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Avocado trees looked nothing like we expected!<\/p>\n

Then we traveled south to Napier with a stop along the way to see the geothermal pools at Wai-O-Tapu which is just past Rotorua.<\/p>\n

This geological feature is amazing & is well developed to accommodate large numbers of tourists. It was the first time that we felt a bit crowded here in New Zealand. That said, the crowds did not interfere with us having a good experience & being able to see almost everything we had hoped to see.<\/p>\n

There is a geyser that erupts every day around 10:00 in the morning but unfortunately we were about 45 minutes too late for that. However there was still lots of other sights here to see.<\/p>\n

There were numerous deep sulfur craters with bubbling mud at the bottom & others filled with steaming hot water.<\/p>\n

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There were no places to soak as all of them were far too hot – some well over 100 C!<\/p>\n

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Depending upon which way the wind was blowing the smell of sulphur was quite strong – almost enough to gag you!<\/p>\n

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We left the hot pools and continued south to Napier, about a 2 hour drive through rolling hills and winding roads.<\/p>\n

We checked into our B&B – 119 on Georges – and were greeted by our genial hosts Wendy and Peter.<\/p>\n

After a brief rest we drove to the downtown area, had a late lunch\/early supper at a sidewalk cafe, then headed back to our cozy room.<\/p>\n

More adventures in Napier tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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