Things can be quite expensive in NZ especially since we decided to cut off our nose to spite our face and Brexit. Obviously if you take a 6 month tour that's a world of difference to a 2 week holiday and there are things to consider and sort out. In general these are the basics , accommodation , food , transport. On holiday you may hire a car , rent a villa, dine out . Do that for 6 months and bankruptcy looms. Backpackers skimp to a degree where it is uncomfortable . Sometimes a van or estate pulls up where the backpackers have been free camping and then they book into one of the shared rooms (it being the cheapest option and take over the shower and washing machine and kitchen. Sometimes they don't book a room just ask to use the facilities. Some try to sneak in unobserved or wait til there is no one around and get there mates to let them in to use the facilities and leave early the next morning before the manager arrives.
I am too old for rough living , morally I could not steal use of the facilities so I have to pay. However cooking your own food save money so I went to Jans with my ingredients for a fry up and here is the result.
you can cook at backpackers but the kitchen is usually full until ten. If its a bad crowd its also a mess .
Don't let me mislead I am in one of the best backpackers there is. With a good crowd it is better than most hotels I have stayed at but with the wrong crowd it uncomfortable. Groups are bad because they take over. Groups of girls are bad because they are all so excited all the time and leave the bathrooms looking like they have been hosed . They also tend to block the plugholes with hair. But when there is a good crowd in the place seems to swallow them up and it seems empty.
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