We spent the next two nights in Taupo. Mainly because of the free camp site we found: Reid’s Farm, beautifully located directly at the shore of the Waikato River. We spent the days walking around the town, hiking along the river and to the famous Huka Falls. Apparently, McDonald’s is an attraction in Taupo, too. They’ve built a dining room inside an old airplane.
After three nights we boarded the ferry again, to head north to the island Nacula. The Goodbye at Wayalailai was like the Welcome, music and singing, while the motorboat brought us back to the ferry. We had booked the next three nights in a similar resort, the northernmost one in the Yasawa island group, another two and a half hours ferry ride. You could say, it was the same but sonewhat different. Three meals a day (though breakfast was…
Had a few nice days. But also quite exhausting, walking in the city is equally demanding like hiking in Yosemite… Sea lions’ conversations: No. 1: “I told you, we should have gone to Ibiza…” No. 2: “Why don’t you book next years’ vacation then, you know-it-all?!?” No 3: “Could you two keep it down? I’m trying to sleep here!” No 4: “Excuse me, sorry, could you just let me pass, oh, I’m sorry, excuse me…” No. 5, 6,…
