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Day 8: Taupo to Ohakune

Taupo, New Zealand


Poured with rain most of the day, so only one brief photo before I leave the shores of Lake Taupo. Last night, I was warned that the stretch of SHW 1 along the lake is highly dangerous as it winds around headlands, with blind corners where the large trucks cannot see cyclists. As it turns out, the stretch from Taupo to Turangi is closed, due to a fatal accident. The traffic cops let me through and say I can try to get past the accident site. This works and I am the only one on the road that morning. I pass the scene of the accident, at which point the road has been closed for four hours.

Nothing to do but press on today and I check into my first shared dorm room in Ohakune. However, it is quiet and I have the dorm to myself. Catch up with laundry and drying.

Distance today: 142 Km, cumulative 946 Km

permalink written by  John and Claud on January 28, 2007 from Taupo, New Zealand
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