I was picked up by Stray bus and we left Taupo.� Jugs was my driver so I sat up front and chatted with him most of the way to the National Parks.� I was pretty tired after my night out so once I was checked into the hostel I went to bed.� The rest of the group had gone to check out the waterfall but I'd already seen it once so sleep was a better option.� We went for a group dinner at a local hotel which served massi...

We left Taupo around 10.30 and drove to the Tongariro National Park.� We had a brief stop in Turangi then continued onto the park.� The Tongariro crossing was closed due to bad weather so there were one or two disappointed people on our bus.� We visited the visitors centre to learn a bit about our surroundings then went to look at a waterfall which featured in one of the LOTR films.� Then is was off to our hostel.ïÂ...