Saturday, 15 February 2014

Day 37 – Taupo to River Valley.

The only problem with changing drivers is they all say different things. The bus I was originally on said 7am but the new guy said 7.30 so it was a bit of a guess of when he was going to arrive. He was very chilled out so didn’t arrive until 7.40 which normally would be fine but most of us had been waiting for about half an hour wishing we had spent more time in bed.


It took us a few hours to get there and we had a couple of stops on the way. Our journey was through the mountains as New Zealand has many volcanoes and quite a few of them are still active.
We arrived in River Valley mid afternoon, which gave people enough time to go White Water Rafting that day. I decided not to do it as I’ve done it before and it gives me a good excuse to spend my money on new crazy things. River Valley is based in the middle of nowhere on the west coast of the north island. I went for a small walk around the place but it was quite a damp afternoon.



For dinner I decided to eat what they cook at the lodge as our first bus driver raved about it and said we’d be stupid to miss it. It was only $15, which is about £7.50, and she was right, the food was incredible! We were served a roast chicken dinner with roast potatoes, salad, rice and other things.

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