Tag Archive for ‘Geothermal’
Iceland: Volcano-walking on Krafla
After all the impossible-to-pronounce names in Iceland, a simple one: Krafla. Simple name, powerful landscape. Always windy. Not a tree in sight. At most, earth-hugging miniature purple flowers, several types of moss and very pretty white pompons atop green stalks. Krafla is a volcanic area and a geothermal powerstation in the north of Iceland, near [...]
Rotorua: learn to love that smell of sulphur!
Did you know New Zealand has more than 100 natural hot springs? I didn’t. So I was thrilled to find out that most of them are located in the North Island especially in the area around Lake Rotorua, an easy under-three-hour drive from Auckland. If you arrive in the evening, as I did, you know [...]
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