Sulfur Fumes in Eden or Perhaps Rotorua New Zealand

There is something rotten in New Zealand and it appears to be eggs. One whole town smells of eggs gone bad. It’s hard to believe that its Maori name, Rotorua, doesn’t actually mean “rotten eggs,” but “two lakes”. Firstly, there is only one lake, and secondly, how could anyone miss the most characteristic (literary breathtaking) feature of the place and name it instead after some phantom lakes? Well, the Maori can. Poets to the bones!
A humorous and unconventional look at this major tourist destination.

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