Hotels in Hamilton - Prices and Reviews

The plan now is to spend a couple days doing absolutely nothing, and it appears I have come to the right place. Raglan was all booked up, so I left my lil party of friendly Germans at a Pac N Save in Hamilton, NZ's 4th largest city, and walked over the Eagle's Nest,one of the few backpackers in town, and by far the WEIRDEST one I've stayed in so...

Well, I've made it here to Hamilton. The flight was a breeze, thanks to Schweppes Ginger Ale; customs wasn't, thanks to a rogue Pink Lady apple that had somehow strayed into my rucksack and is probably going to cost me a $200 fine unless I can somehow manage to wriggle my way out of it. The shuttle from Auckland airport to Hamilton worked fine; ...

Ei Guude! Mit einer zweimotorigen Propellermaschine und ohne jede Sicherheitsueberpruefungen gings nach Hamilton auf die Nordinsel. in Neuseeland ist die Welt eben noch in Ordnung. Nachmittags machte ich eine kurze Fahrt nach Waitomo und bezog Quartier im Hostel, denn morgens sollte es zu einer weiteren Perle dieses Landes gehen, hinunter in die...

We did a walk near Tairua up to a lookout (an exstinct volcano of course!) for fantastic views of the coromandel. We missed out on a great photo of the sun piercing through the clouds on to the water (it had disappeared by the time we got to the lookout). Next stop, grocery stop (I seem to be carrying around so much food at the moment!) Went pas...

I feel like I'm in Hobbiton. The farmland between here and Auckland was lush and green, but surrounded by towering hills. Hamilton is cute and suburban, and we had good Indian food last night in the little town square thing, with Matt and Ehrin, who we met up with again here. Now we're moving on to the sleepy/beachy/surfer/hippie/artsy town of R...

A short distance north was the city of Hamilton, population 120,000. We were welcomed to Hamilton City Library with a traditional Maori welcome ritual. The staff has been working on being more aware of Maori culture friendly. The library's theme is a journey to knowledge, with signs in format of airline tags. It would have been more effective if...

Get your motor runnin' Head out on the highway Lookin' for adventure And whatever comes our way Yeah Darlin' go make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space Like a true nature's child We were born, born to be wild We can climb so high I never wanna die... Although our journey started with a...