Waiotapu

YIC has now arrived in Rotorua where he has visited the Waiotapu ("sacred water") geothermal area. The Lady Knox Geyser is one of the highlights - erupting on demand once a day at 1015. The lady is encouraged on her way with some special soap powder that guarantees the daily eruption. There is also the chance to walk around the geothermals, viewing bubbling mud and lakes of amazing hues - red, green, and yellow - while taking in the all-pervading smell of hydrogen sulphur (rotten eggs).

Lady Knox Geyser before the eruption

there she blows

bubbling mud

"The Devil's Bath" - he's welcome to it