Lake Taupo

New Zealand - Part 2

We left their house at ManuKau after having yummy dosas to head for our destination at Taupo.

Our destination 279 kms away and the time estimated was 4 hrs.We took about 3 hrs..

We were surprised to see "Bombay" signboards

On my return I figured out that it refers to a ship that came to the region in 19th Century

More info on click on this link Bombay Hills Auckland

Well the kids slept through the drive....and we were quite tired just hoping to reach our destination.

We arrived at Taupo at about 9:45...and took us about 10 minutes to identify the exact place we were supposed to stay.

Although we had made arrangements that we would be doing a late check in to our utter despair we could not find our keys and folder in the security box to which we had the password to.

By God's Grace we located a guard just in the nick of time...from what we gathered later he does a round at just once at 10 PM, we managed to get our unit opened.

If we had not....I would have been blamed for messing up our vacation for the rest of my life....the confusion was there because we had changed couple of times on our date of arrival and somehow they didnt seem to have the latter message....

It was fabulous place to stay...just beside the Lake Taupo.

I would recommend it to anyone Lake Side Villas

The unit came with a full kitchennete....and it was simply fabulous.
We retired that night for a well deserved rest....

Some photos of the unit!


The Road Outside

The Entrance

The LAke View