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Turanga

Turanga is a small port city on the North Island. It is gateway to New Zealand’s prime Kiwi fruit growing region, a Maori preserve featuring hot springs, and the Rotorua area with stunning natural lakes.
Tour buses and limos await us in Tauranga
Tour buses and limos await us in Tauranga		 They made quite a production of setting the gangway
They made quite a production of setting the gangway		 Entrance to a Maori cultural center
Entrance to a Maori cultural center		 Where we watched some …
Where we watched some …
Dancers
Dancers		 And looked at a replica of a traditional Maori residence
And looked at a replica of a traditional Maori residence		 Complete with a guard…
Complete with a guard…		 And food storage area
And food storage area
The hot springs and geysers were close by
The hot springs and geysers were close by		 A fern tree used by the Maori for most everything
A fern tree used by the Maori for most everything		 A flax plant used by the Maori for about everything else
A flax plant used by the Maori for about everything else		 Pretty hot springs but we were starting to get the wonderful sulfur smell
Pretty hot springs but we were starting to get the wonderful sulfur smell
And there is the source
And there is the source		 Pretty and stinky
Pretty and stinky		 A white mud pool
A white mud pool		 Not quite a powerful as Old Faithful
Not quite a powerful as Old Faithful
But pretty
But pretty		 The Te Puke region is home to many Kiwi orchards, which do look like vineyards
The Te Puke region is home to many Kiwi orchards, which do look like vineyards		 Tangura has some beautiful….
Tangura has some beautiful….		 Beaches complete…..
Beaches complete…..
With wind surfers
With wind surfers		 Back to sleek looking Sun Princess
Back to sleek looking Sun Princess		 Sailing out, it looks like we might have a nice sunset
Sailing out, it looks like we might have a nice sunset		 Definitely…..
Definitely…..
Statuesque couple of the rear deck
Statuesque couple of the rear deck		 Glint off of an approaching freighter
Glint off of an approaching freighter		 And it passed at the perfect spot
And it passed at the perfect spot		 So long Tauranga
So long Tauranga

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