The penultimate leg took us from Turangi to Greytown. It was perfect conditions for the desert road and the view of the mountain was spectacular. After negotiating a way out of Palmy (I bet there are residents that were once just driving through, and couldn’t find the road out). We stopped off at an award winning butchers on State Highway One in Woodville, to load up for the new year BBQ with ‘the best steaks in the country’. In Taihape, (the gumboot capital of the world) Science Guy purchased a Big Wednesday ticket from a large, one-eyed woman called Buddha. How could we go wrong? Stopping in Eketahuna: not recommended. There is only one cafe which seems to be straight out of 1952. As it turned out, was the chicken in my salad sandwich.
We finally arrived in Greytown mid afternoon. Science Guy had suggested, as this is likely to be our last night staying away before London, that we treat ourselves for New Years Eve in Greytown. So we arrived at The White Swan and were shown to our room: the Bombay Suite. Beautifully decorated in saris and a massive carved wooden four poster – gorgeous!
I spent the next 18 hours in that room (specifically the bathroom) due the aforementioned Ekatahuna chicken sandwich. I heard the new year rung in from the bar downstairs as I was finally drifting off to sleep, praying I would live to see daylight.
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