Rainy in Rotorua

I arrived by bus around 10:00pm last night and went to a hostel called Base Backpackers. Today the rain continues and its a bit discouraging. I did go for a walk along the shores of the lake and saw some of the geothermal pools (and smelled them, too) but by the time I came back I was soaked, even with my raincoat on. There are many different species of waterfowl, even though nothing much grows along the sulphur shores. The pools of muddy boiling water look like something out of a sci-fi movie.