Taupo – Turangi – Tongariro National Park

Well into middle earth N.Z now. A very Scenic Lake Taupo Ride, Get into Turangi,Trout fishing capital of N.Z, later that evening, and find our selves a t a hostel, run by Ian and his family, As hostels go this  one was very cosy, and not over the top in cost as we have found N.Z to be.  We stayed a couple of days, Ian, is an exceptional host, who lives there and is always of great humour, and always helpful, he liked to have a couple  of aussies there………..
We hike the,  Tongariro Alpine crossing, Ian Shuttles us in at 5AM, the hike is day 3 ,of a 4 day hike and is regarded as one of the best one day hikes on the planet, it was Awesome, you take in Mt Ngauruhoe (which is Mt Doom, in lord of the Rings), Mt Ruapehu 2797m   (Moordoor, Lord of the rings) ,and a lot of active geothermal areas, like a lot of N.Z no photo can give justice , see this place if you can, we were fortunate to have semi clear weather to see all the vistas……. Shauno, from Canada, thanks for the trout mate.