Weather: Still as rainy
Matamata was the place where the Hobbitons houses from the movie Lord of the Ring were found. However, to visit the Hobbitons, one has to take a tour which cost NZD58/pax. As you might have guessed, we didn’t do the tour.. hehe!! After 4 hours drive from Whitianga, we arrived at Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in NZ.
Accommodation:
Blackcurrent Backpackers – NZD70/night. Very cheap but basic. I read that the place has a new management who had recently refurbished the place. It looked great actually, with a shared kitchen and common area for watching TV. Very convenient location too – Pak & Save supermarket was just 5min walk, while town centre and Lake Taupo was but only a 10min walk away.
Our room no. was 12, on the 2nd floor, just beside the kitchen. Spacious as the room was, there was no in-room TV (but I booked it knowing this). As the toilet tiles were of ceramic material, it was so blardy COLD!! Fortunately, they have a floor mat. I thought we could survive on internet even without TV, but unfortunately, they were not done with the renovation and hence internet facility was not ready. Cold and no TV to watch, we literally had nothing to do, except…….. sleep of course!!! Hahaha!!
Matamata was the place where the Hobbitons houses from the movie Lord of the Ring were found. However, to visit the Hobbitons, one has to take a tour which cost NZD58/pax. As you might have guessed, we didn’t do the tour.. hehe!! After 4 hours drive from Whitianga, we arrived at Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in NZ.
Accommodation:
Blackcurrent Backpackers – NZD70/night. Very cheap but basic. I read that the place has a new management who had recently refurbished the place. It looked great actually, with a shared kitchen and common area for watching TV. Very convenient location too – Pak & Save supermarket was just 5min walk, while town centre and Lake Taupo was but only a 10min walk away.
Our room no. was 12, on the 2nd floor, just beside the kitchen. Spacious as the room was, there was no in-room TV (but I booked it knowing this). As the toilet tiles were of ceramic material, it was so blardy COLD!! Fortunately, they have a floor mat. I thought we could survive on internet even without TV, but unfortunately, they were not done with the renovation and hence internet facility was not ready. Cold and no TV to watch, we literally had nothing to do, except…….. sleep of course!!! Hahaha!!
Area outside common kitchen
Bare but spacious room
Bathroom. Standing shower on the left
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