![Small but very nice bedroom at the Purple Cow Small but very nice bedroom at the Purple Cow](http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/20100216181626.jpg)
Small but very nice bedroom at the Purple Cow
Checkin was very smooth and fast, although the reception desk does have limited hours. There is a clean open common area and kitchen, pool table, and movie room, with lots of backpackers milling about – although some of the language I heard would certainly not have made me comfortable with children.
Internet access was not too expensive, as all of the hostels in New Zealand share a common internet access service – so you can just buy an hour at a time and if you don’t use it, you can use it at the next place you stay at.
![View from the Room View from the Room](http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/20100216181700.jpg)
View from the Room
![Very clean bathroom Very clean bathroom](http://www.ianandwendy.com/travel/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/20100216181714.jpg)
Very clean bathroom