I took an afternoon bus from Rotorua to Taupo and arrived at the Action Down Under YHA around 3pm. The hostel is extremely comfortable, with two separate TV rooms, a wide selection of movies, centrally located tent sites and hammocks slung between trees with long branches to provide shade. I quickly set up my tent [...]
It’s amazing, but Rotorua is absolutely gorgeous, but at the same time stinks. I mean literally, the smell takes some getting used to. The cause is the sulfur and steam that pours out of the numerous craters and hot springs around this popular vacation spot. Since I had pushed my Australia visit as far as [...]
After a few more days of relaxation in Sydney and one more drunken night in the Quarryman’s Hotel it was time to move on to New Zealand. On my last night in Australia, Nikki’s mother cooked a Thanksgiving meal for me, since I would be missing the holiday at home with my own family. The [...]
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I took an afternoon bus from Rotorua to Taupo and arrived at the Action Down Under YHA around 3pm. The hostel is extremely comfortable, with two separate TV rooms, a wide selection of movies, centrally located tent sites and hammocks slung between trees with long branches to provide shade. I quickly set up my tent [...] 