Rotorua Part Two

 

The first night in Rotorua, we attended a Hungi. The Maori people serve a banquet and perform traditional dances and use weapons. It's a bit like a luau, just for the Maori. It's really quite incredible. They speak in the traditional dialect and paint their faces.

The next day we rode up the gondola and rode a luge down a mountain. The luge we had was more of a go-cart, and there were tracks you could steer down and hills to slide over. One of the guys that worked there was in a New Zealand boy band. 

 

 

 We visited an old spa that had been turned into a museum. Wealthy people came from all over the world for mud baths and prescribed care. We went from the museum to a Polynesian spa, where we spent the rest of the evening relaxing.