New Zealand
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Day 375 – “Mordor, Gandalf. Is it left or right?”
Up for breakfast at our B&B before packing up and getting straight on the road A quick stop at Sugar & Spice Cafe Upper Hutt to caffeinate us fully A little further along the road, we stop at the Twin Lakes lookout before reaching Kaitoke Regional Park This is another filming location for LotR but…
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Day 374 – Lookout Victoria!
We get the breakfast included in our stay at this B&B – toast and Coco Pops After, we get ready for the day and head out to Som’s Coffee, a coffee stand randomly at the back of a car dealership With caffeine in hand, we head up Majoribanks Street to enter the park for Mount…
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Day 373 – Giving it a bit of Welly
We have a hotel plunger coffee before getting ready for the day After checking out, we head off to a treat of a Maccie’s breakfast of a “Mac Attack” meal deal – we justify as they don’t do pork sausage patties in their breakfast meals here for some reason On the road, Dave drives for…
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Day 372 – Walking up an active volcanic mountain
We pack up and check out, for the second time, of The Devon Hotel The first point of call is New World (a supermarket) to get some supplies as well as have some brekkie Bacon & egg bagel, pesto & basil pasta and a couple of flat whites After, we get on the road and…
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Day 371 – Zoo and double dinner
Oddly today, we have to check out of the hotel even though we have another night here (we added another night to be able to do an activity tomorrow, with hope of better weather) We do so and get on the road to Rise & Shine café for bacon & egg muffin, chicken & leek…
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Day 370 – Up to not much around New Plymouth
A slow start this morning but we get on with a bit of admin and they have a coffee machine in our room which is a bonus We are ready and head out around noon; we have a place in mind for some brunch but it’s annoyingly closed today Inglewood has a backup plan for…
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Day 369 – Snow in Mordor
Porridge for brekkie before we pack up and hit the road; we grab a coffee each first, from Delta Coffee Our journey begins entering Modor, from Lord of the Rings (LotR) – the weather’s not great so we don’t get an amazing view of what is meant to be Mount Doom (Mount Ngauruhoe) We drive…
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Day 368 – Getting our Geothermals on
Up and out of the Haka Hostel, after a brief chat with the owner We head to Boaster Coffee Roaster for a couple of flat whites, a beef & pickle toasty and a ham & cheese toasty for less than £14, and have a game of ring toss thrown in Next, we hit PAK’n’SAVE to…
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Day 367 – Are you feeling lakey, punk?
Starting our day with a wander over to the Duke for a beer and burger deal for brunch – $28 for a craft pilsner and beef burger – but we are worth it! Next, we get into the car and drive to Te Puia for the Pohutu Geyser We find out it costs just under…
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Day 366 – Lake Rotorua and Mount Ngongotaha
Slow morning with our plunger coffee As we get peckish, we get ready and head out to explore if we can find any cheap eats for lunch We do struggle but find Cocoffee Takeaway for coffee, pancakes and burger After, we wander towards Lake Rotorua as there’s a walk through the thermal activity, starting at…