Christchurch, New Zealand
Sorry for the delay (again) in posting another update...since the last one, thing's have been all go!
River Valley, a remote lodge set deep in a valley, was the next port of call after Taupo. So remote in fact that we had to walk the last bit down to the lodge because the hill was too steep for the bus to get down - fine going downhill on the way in, but very steep on the way out! The lodge offered dorms with a difference - giant bunk beds stretching across one ...