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Published: February 8th 2008
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Another huge Kiwi hello!!! Or Kiaora as the Maori's say!!! :-) Left Franz Josef in a lot of pain, my right thigh is absolutely killing me and you should see the size of my blisters (yep plural i have four HUGE ones!!) Wish i had taken a photo actually lol! Stopped off at Lake Matheson on the way to Queenstown. Its called Mirror Lake because of the amazing reflections on the waters surface!! It was a bit cloudy when i took the photo but you can imagaine how beautiful it would be in the sunshine!!
Also stopped off at the bungee platform just outside Queenstown and a few people from the bus had a go!!! I actually cant think of anything worse, lol!!! Just watching them jump made me feel really sick and nervous!! But Jess did it without even hesitating, we were all really impressed!!! Got to Queenstown quite late in the day but we'd decided to stay for three nights this time so we could chill out a bit! You wouldnt believe how nice it is to stay in one place for more than a night!! Stayed at Southern Laughter, a really nice little hostel, with little mini
flats rather than dorm rooms!! We had our own little lounge area and kitchen which was really nice!!! Karl our driver had organised a night out for everyone, which was wicked because we hadnt really had a chance to go out much, im usually pretty shattered by 10 oclock lol!! So yeah we hit a few nice bars in the town. Queenstown is a pretty sociable place, i think the majority of people stop here for more than a few days to go out and do all the extreme sports!! Its right at the bottom of some mountains too which makes it a great place in the ski season!! So yeah it was probably the most 'happening' place we'd been to in a long time lol!
Went to this bar called the World bar and it was really cool, they serve cocktails in little white teapots (very original i must say) and you pour them into little shot glasses!! We all found this highly amusing lol so stayed in there for quite a while. Was nice to get everybody out together!! Stopped off at the legendary FERGBURGER at ther end of the night (everyone had gone on and on
about how good the burgers were there) they were like proper gourmet burgers and i have to admit-they were right!! Although i couldnt finish mine because they were so big!! (I bet you never thought you'd see the day, eh?)
Spent most of our first day there in bed, lol!! My first lie-in since i left England!! And it as great!!! Although did feel a little odd not getting up at the crack of dawn and dragging myself onto the bus!! The weather had turned really bad again, it rained ALL day and was freezing cold, i actually had to wear my hoody!!! So spent most of the day catching up on these blogs! They take sooooo long to write!!! i hope you all appreciate the time thats gone into these, lol!! only kidding!!
The sun came out though later on and we were on our way back to the hostel, when we saw Gerry (an irish guy we'd met the night before) In his drunken state he had promised us he'd come and cook us a bbq the next day!! We never though in a million years he'd turn up, but there he was lol, armed with
tonnes of steak! (it seriously looked like he'd slaughtered his own cow, lol) so yeah we had an awesome bbq and i ate soooo much i couldnt move!
The next day was set to be a scorcher so decided to take the gondola up to the top of the mountain to have a look around! Wasnt much to do up there so we went on down to the lake front where there were tonnes of stalls ( a bit like Javea) and did a spot of sunbathing!!! why not eh? Was really quite strange, it felt like a beach but it wasnt! Had the best fish and chips there ever!! freshly caught that day, yum yum!! Out again that night this time full of goodbyes :-( and tonnes of photos!!! Loads of the guys in the bus staying another night in Queenstown and a few of us leaving the next morning!! It was quite sad actually, we;'d been with some of them since Welly and had got used to them being around!!! I cant believe ive only got a week left in New Zealand, its all going so fast, i seriously do LOVE it here!!!
Hows everyone at
home?? Any news for me, i like hearing stuff, even if its only the little things lol!!! Sorry for the rambling.........
Lots of love xxx
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