Travel Day & Taupō McDonald’s

Got up bright and early to catch a 7:30am bus out of Wellington, up to Rotorua. In total a 10h travel day, even though the drive is only 6h, cause the bus makes lots of stops.

After some napping along the way, a stop in Palmerston North in time to catch a multicultural festival/market, and a stop for lunch in Flat Hills, we had about a 45min stop in Taupō. Just enough time to walk around, and see the one thing on my list of things to see here: the Taupō McDonalds.

Voted the “World’s Coolest McDonald’s” from over 34000+ restaurants, it has a real DC3 plane that you can eat in, painted to match the McDonald’s colours. Got a picture in front of it, and ofc had to order food from here, so got the limited time Hawaii Burger with pineapple and back bacon, and the hot cross bun pie, which was definitely the highlight. Although I tried eating in the plane, it was pretty gross and warm inside so just went to take some pictures.

Back to the bus to get into Rotorua in the early evening, and check into the backpackers!Read more