After stopping off in Auckland, I went down to Raglan. Just getting there was an adventure as the bus' air-con didn't work. I didn't mind so much, but for the people who had to be on it for about 10 hours it would have been terrible. So 15 minutes after starting we stopped, everyone off the bus, back on the bus, stopped somewhere else, back on after the mechanic had fixed it. One short sentence actually took way over an hour in real time. It wouldn't have mattered, but I was getting off in Hamilton, and there are only two buses a day from Hamilton to Raglan. Luckily, I'd aimed for the first bus which I missed, but I could catch the second one instead. There are three hostels in Raglan, ond that's in the jungle,
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