Hamilton - Pictures

The first 24 picture film is now developed. The results are rather bad and I think the camera is just about to die. The pictures are either under- or overexposed or both. Then there is another quality loss because I have to scan them. But I tried to get the best results with a lot of manual adjustments.

First are some pics of the backpackers itself. This is what you see when you enter the hostel from the road.
The view from the backyard towards the street. On the left side is a nice little garden with an open fire place. Further to the left is my little 'shack' where I live (you can't see it on this photo). On this side of the hostel is the back entrance where you can enter via the terrace.
Here we have the terrace which is always warm and sunny. The hostel has a cat called Trevor who is usually sleeping at the terrace all day long. He is getting up only to change the place and to follow the sun.
The terrace is usually used by the smokers. Here a few German/Swiss guys who stayed for a couple of days/weeks.
And finally my little shack. The whole room has the size of a queen size mattress. It's not really big (especially in comparison to my previous flats I had) but it's my own little space and I don't have to share it with anyone else (would be funny if I had to).
That's our little office (actually everything in this hostel is little) but we use it only to check in some new arrivals. Usually when I'm on duty I'm cleaning anything which has to be cleaned like the kitchen, ashtrays, windows or the driveway.
A quick look in our kitchen. Unlike other backpackers it is a very small kitchen (as I said before) and has just one sink and stove. So when the hostel is full (24 people) it is possible that you have a queue in the kitchen waiting that someone is finished cooking. Which is not too bad because this way you meet people and have a chat with them.
This is our lounge/TV room. The two guys in the middle are Rob and Paul who stayed here before I started working. Each Wednesday we're all going together to the pub quiz and try to win the $150 bar tab. By the way we won it last week ;)
That's it of the hostel. The other attraction in Hamilton are the Hamilton Gardens. I went there two times now but wasn't that lucky with the weather so I've only two pictures. This is at the Chinese garden with view at the Waikato River.
The green house with 'Prickly Plants'.
That's it so far. To be honest I don't know what else I can tell or show of Hamilton. There is not really much to see or to do. Travellers usually stop here to go to the Waitomo Caves or to Raglan (surfing). But once you've seen the Gardens there nothing else of interest. So many people we get here at the hostel are either working or studying at the university. They stay usually as long as they found a flat or a share house.
If the weather is fine this weekends I want to go tramping with some other guys of the hostel. Then I will have some new stories to tell and hopefully some new pics.