Waitahanui Lodge Taupo

116 State Highway One, Waitahanui Taupo, North Island, 710061, New Zealand

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Returning the Favor

A travel blog entry by alicia.

... from Austria. It was fun hanging out with all of them, and I was enjoying the spontaneity of meeting new people whilst traveling. The second set of French guys were also sleeping in their car, so once we left the pub, I brought my car next to theirs in a carpark on the lakefront. (Don't worry, I was sober.) They were still sleeping when I woke up at about 7 the next morning, so I didn't actually see them again. While the night before ...

(Wo)Man on the moon

A travel blog entry by dwiths

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... the Saturday market, we got back in the car and went on a walk part way to Huka Falls.  On the way, we stopped by a stream that ran into the river.  The stream was hot!!  After finding a less hot part of the stream, Carleen and I soaked our feet until our skin went pink. After our walk, we popped back to the house to make some sandwiches, and headed over to 'Craters of ...

Us Dwarves are not built for endurance...

A travel blog entry by spoggle

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... store, but on the whole each town can boast unique stores or cafes, that may not always look much but in one way or another, shapes the look and feel of the town. It's nice seeing this uniqueness presented to you in most towns, rather than in the UK, where high streets and out of town retail parks will generally boast the same old brands that strip the town of it's identity until you get out and explore for yourself, which so many people just don't do. Here ...

Detour to NZ's Biggest Lake

A travel blog entry by alicia.

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... meet a nice lady on the bus who offered me a place to stay at her home. Ah well. She also offered to meet up with me that night or the next day to show me around the city... and aparently to teach me the truth about God or whatever it is that Jehovah's witnesses set out to do for anyone they strike up a conversation with over lunch. When I got to the hostel, it turned out they had overbooked and didn't have a bed for me. This worked out for ...

Sheep Shows and Electric Drumkits

A travel blog entry by jandl2010

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... water which finally results in the most impressive waterfall I’ve ever seen (again, you’ll have to take my word for it). By the time we get home we are walking like two grannies so the fact that the weather was bad, forcing us out of the mammoth 8 hour trek, could’ve been a blessing in disguise.

So the next day’s main event was the Wairakei Terraces. We were picked up from our hostel by their coach and taken to a village ...