Waiwera Hot Pools

So, Monday, we went to Waiwera to the hot pools. it was very nice and relaxing. We went into several different temperature pools. one was 48 celsius(118 F). i didn't try that one. several other people in our group did though, including jeremy. he didn't get much farther than his foot. :-) we watched a few others do it for pictures, which was pretty dumb. they also have a number of slides. that was pretty cool too. the only problem was getting out of the water and wondering around in the cold before you go to the next one. luckily, it's not a busy time right now, so we were able to hang out in the little pool at the bottom waiting for the rest of our group before we had to get out. we had to practically beg several times to get a lifeguard to come out and open the 2 slides that required one. i think he just didn't want to work. he didn't have to do much and he was wearing warm clothes. he looked grumpy. we had a lot of fun though. i did taste sulfur for 2 days after though!