Hobbiton!

So I actually didn't see any hobbits. But i did drive through Makamata (which for a brief period was renamed to Hobbiton). There's a tour that takes you to the movie set where the "city of hobbits" was filmed.
However, the tour takes about 2.5 hours, i'd have to wait for another hour until the next tour would start, and i didn't have that kind of time.
Since i don't particular care about LOTR lore, i just had a gratuituous picture taken by some retired russsian tourists from SF (coincidence?) and moved on to Rotorua.

For the record, this is my obligatory homage to hobbits and LOTR stuff. I think i'll concentrate on adventure/scenery from now on.