Awoke early on Wednesday the 24th and did my second Rotary make up at the RC of Parnell that meets in the Barry Court Suites hotel where we stayed overnight. We had a great breakfast and some fantastic Rotary fellowship meeting several Rotarians that I had met in 2005 when I was here last. After breakfast I called Air New Zealand to find out that they had our luggage and were holding it at the airport for us. This worked out well as we were passing by on our way to Rotorua. The three-hour drive passed quickly and we stopped for lunch at a small café outside Hamilton. We arrived in Rotorua around 4:30 and headed downtown to walk through the Government Gardens and to walk around the downtown area. The one thing to remember about Rotorua is that you can small it long before you see it. The smell of sulphur hangs heavy in the air as this city is in the center of volcanic activity. There are vents and bubbling pools of very hot mud everywhere around the city. We had a fine dinner at a small café where they served thin crust pizza cooked over manuka wood fires.
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