SATYANESWAN

The city of Rotorua is around 225 Km away from the centre of Auckland,NZ.The Inter City Bus took a little more than 4 hours to reach there. It was a sunny day and the well laid city roads with blooming   flowers in their boulevards were looking elegant . We walked down to our hotel ear the lake front through   the beautiful Tutanekai Street which is lined with around two dozen eateries’   of different nationalities including Indian. The city was in a festive mood Despite the sulfurous   smell hanging in the air we all liked the place at the first sight. The earliest Maori visitors who hailed from Hawaii around 800 years back perhaps found two lakes joined together through a Gulf. “Roto” means lake and “Rua” means two. So came the name of the Place and also the name of the biggest lake here. Rotorua , as the guide book reminds, sits on top of most violent segment   of   the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Violent volcanic activities over centuries have created geo-thermal wonders all