Lakeside Motel Taupo

... 800 cu km of ash and pumice, making Krakatoa (8 cu km) look like a pimple. Unfortunately the campsite is nowhere near the lakeside which would have been nice but it is a lovely campsite where we later caught some afternoon rays of sunshine. The sun is ...

... relaxed water experience. We took a lake cruise for two and a half hours round to see some modern maori rock carvings on the lakeside that aren't accessible by land. We chose to go on a boat called the Barbary which was a motor and sailing boat. There ...

... back and had to walk outside to get to the kitchen so we decided to check out other hostels in the area. We went to Lakeside lodge and they had a two bed apartment with Kitchen and mineral spa for only a litle bit more money so we arranged with the owner ...

...  main door of the Hostel. We were in the disabled room. We decided to get some fish (afterall, we were in a lakeside town) but the fish in the Supermarket was pricey until Conneely found crumbed whiting (which was frozen - think Donegal Catch ...

... aquinted with the town, walked down to the Lake Taupo (biggest in New Zealand!) & had some lunch at a bar lakeside. The following day we took a walk along Waikato River, passing some naturally hot bathing pools where we had a swim then walked ...