Rotorua Return Trip

Sunday and it’s now time to start travelling back towards Hamilton. We had hoped to stay in Whakatane on our way back but there was no way we were going to chance staying at the flat hoping it had been clean up. In fact I found out a few days later that it was still very messy and the agents had not clean it up yet, so a good job we did not plan on staying there. So we looked for accommodation in Rotorua. Now that was an experience. We went into the tourist information place and the very helpful guy looked online for us and declared that it was about $200, more than we expected so he then looked at prices at a backpackers place or youth hostel. He did phone one up for us who said they had a room with a double bed in and two singles. He also checked that they were not bunk beds and he told us they were not. So off we went to see what the backpackers place looked like. This time Shauna and Elder Saunders went to the reception desk. Then went off to see the room we were offered which had bunk beds in!! It was so small with a communal bathroom. Not exactly what we were looking for. The receptionist was very helpful and told us of a motel that her friend had stayed in a few weeks ago and they were very reasonable. We found that motel very quickly and this time Shauna and I went to reception. Shauna explained that we were looking for cheap accommodation for one night and did they have any vacancies. The receptionist offer us a room for $150 then changed her mind about the room and gave us an upstairs and downstairs. We were so excited as it was so large and an added bonus of a plunge pool. Which Shauna, the two girls and I enjoyed a fun time using. A very happy ending to what could have been another disastrous day. How blessed we all feel at having so many rotten things happen and each time the alternative has been a happy ending.