In Iceland it is now frowned upon to put soap powder down a geyser to make it erupt for the entertainment of the paying audience but way back in the nineteenth century there was a mining prison camp under Rainbow Mountain, (Wai-o-Tapu in Maori) and the prisoners would lay their dirty clothes around the bubbling …

AA to the rescue and A Beer at Browns Bay (Some of the photos were taken by Henry and Ruby and I leave you to guess which ones they are.) Our preparations for the arrival of our family including Emily, Gary, Henry and Ruby and our close friend Lauren, whom I have known since before …