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Daredevil. If you're dragged to Manhattan
by a movie-loving better half and you prefer
stage to screen, you should insist on seeing
Frozen on Broadway from February. While for
sport lovers, the choice of teams is huge, with
a slew of baseball, ice hockey and football
teams calling the city home. Neither New
York team made the Super Bowl, though,
so watching American football is off the list.
HOTEL: The city’s small boutique hotels
Surabaya
such as the Marcel at Gramercy A real hidden gem
(www.themarcelatgramercy.com) will charge
prices from about Dhs350 a night.
FLIGHT: Etihad Áies to JFK Airport for prices
starting at Dhs3,635.
GET A WHIFF OF ROTORUA
Let’s get this out of the way – Rotorua stinks.
No, not as a holiday destination. The city on
New Zealand’s north island literally stinks.
A smell often compared to rotten eggs has
earned the city the nickname Sulphur City
(and Rotten-rua). It is caused by hydrogen
sulphide emissions associated with the
geothermal activity in the area. Once you get
used to the odour, Rotorua is a wonderful
place to unwind in due to multiple hot springs
created by the sulphurous springs around
the city. Relax at the Polynesian Spa or go
neck-deep at one of the city’s therapeutic
mud baths. The city’s Pohutu Geyser erupts
to heights of up to 30 metres many times
throughout the day. Rotorua also boasts a
living Maori village and many other traditional
activities of New Zealand’s indigenous people.
HOTEL: Stay at the magniÀcent VR Rotorua
Lake Resort (www.vrrotorua.co.nz) from just
over Dhs500 a night. Mount Bromo Worth the trip to Surabaya alone

FLIGHT: Etihad Áies to New Zealand’s biggest
city Auckland via Perth, Melbourne or Sydney
in neighbouring Australia for about Dhs3,800.
You can then take a bus to Rotorua.
SEE SOMETHING NEW IN SURABAYA
While Bali is beautiful and Jakarta is, er, jazzy,
it’s sometimes great to go somewhere your
friends have never been. The Indonesian port
city of Surabaya is situated on Java, the same
island as the latter of the aforementioned
cities, the Indonesian capital, to which both
of the UAE’s Áagship airlines Áies. The city
has a thriving Arab Quarter (for those of you
who would like a taste of home) and a buzzing
Chinatown, while many buildings display the
region’s history as a Dutch colony, making it
an ideal spot for those who want to experience
a real multicultural mix. Jump on a bus to
see the active volcano in the Bromo Tengger
Semeru National Park, or take in the historic
Rotorua A thermal wonderland
Sanggar Agung. To really get a taste of the
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