BACK TO AUCKLAND
the volcanoes on one side, and snow capped mountains on the other, needless to say, we saw neither.
We had planned to stay at Oasis holiday park, stupidly we paid before checking out the place, but after checking it out and realised that the mineral pools were only tepid we were soon back in the reception asking for a refund! The lady was none to pleased but we didn’t care, we’d had a pig of a drive and just wanted to get settled for the night. Out came our faithful travelling companion the Rough Guide and we picked out a few more options. It wasn’t our lucky day in terms of finding accommodation, we were feeling a little despondent as the first three places turned out to be inadequate. We weren’t being overly fussy, they were just expensive for the money and they didn’t provide any heating and had windows that didn’t close properly! We pinned our hopes on the last place in the
We had planned to stay at Oasis holiday park, stupidly we paid before checking out the place, but after checking it out and realised that the mineral pools were only tepid we were soon back in the reception asking for a refund! The lady was none to pleased but we didn’t care, we’d had a pig of a drive and just wanted to get settled for the night. Out came our faithful travelling companion the Rough Guide and we picked out a few more options. It wasn’t our lucky day in terms of finding accommodation, we were feeling a little despondent as the first three places turned out to be inadequate. We weren’t being overly fussy, they were just expensive for the money and they didn’t provide any heating and had windows that didn’t close properly! We pinned our hopes on the last place in the
Rough Guide - Best Western, yes it is the hotel chain, but thankfully they offered a small campsite on the edge of the hotel grounds! Again it wasn’t the best place but it was certainly an improvement on what we had seen already! At least the kitchen was small and the windows shut properly!!!
After checking out the 3 channels on an incredible old tv with a severely dodgy picture we decided there was only one thing to do - go and check out the pub! We found the only pub/restaurant in the whole village and settled ourselves in front of a lovely warm log fire. Our evening was cut short by the fact that they closed the restaurant at around 8.00 p.m. so we made our way back to the campsite and cooked. The kitchen soon warmed up and stayed lovely and toasted warm due to us leaving the oven on full with the oven door open - bliss!
After checking out the 3 channels on an incredible old tv with a severely dodgy picture we decided there was only one thing to do - go and check out the pub! We found the only pub/restaurant in the whole village and settled ourselves in front of a lovely warm log fire. Our evening was cut short by the fact that they closed the restaurant at around 8.00 p.m. so we made our way back to the campsite and cooked. The kitchen soon warmed up and stayed lovely and toasted warm due to us leaving the oven on full with the oven door open - bliss!