This is a wonderful place, so chilled, so international. We are not in the first flush, y'know, but when we were here we just didn't care. Sharing food on the decking (there are windchimes, a hammock, and aromatic herbs!), with elderly Aussies, alternative young Germans, and a Swiss school leaver, I felt, oh, just bloody fantastic. A and I lounged around in thermal pools at Tokaanu, two miles away, and then we all did the legendary Tongariro crossing, with advice and transport laid on by the hostel. Afterwards, we sat around comparing injuries and generally talking international bollocks. Free range eggs, assiduous recycling, herbs you can pick and add to your dinner- just try it. You'll remember what you were like before you got old and boring.

www.riverstonebackpackers.com
bus to Turangi tourist office and then half a mile up the road.
222 Tautahanga Rd, Turangi, New Zealand
Google map: tinyurl.com/2vnckhp

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