Blogs from Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 131

Post from Ryan: So…what’s today? Where was I yesterday? What town am I even in today? I seem to rarely know anymore. But to start the week we finally enjoyed a few American delicacies that we have been craving (see picture), Mmmmmm Dr. Pepper. Unfortunately though we have been having this undying urge for Cheese-Its and they don’t exist here. And now to our week… Wednesday July 5th: We drove to Wanaka after glacier exploring in Franz Josef (see last post), and searched high and low for a hostel or somewhere to stay in the general vicinity of Wanaka. Unfortunately for us it is the school holidays here and everyone is down in this area skiing right now, so everything was booked. It’s like trying to find a cheap room in Tahoe at the last minute ... read more

We had big expectations before arriving in Queenstown it had quite a reputation and didn't disappoint. The Stray Bus dropped us off, after some serious discussions and several viewings we decided Southern Laughter was for us. Mark & Georgina had a double bed room I roughed it in an 8 person dorm. Our priorities where adrenalin, football and partying. My dorm had a good mix of hard partying hard drinking travellers, that was one boxed ticked. We started the adrenaline rushes off in style with the Nevis Highwire. At 134m it is worlds 2nd highest bungy jump, that’s 8s of freefall a fucking long time! count it and consider you are plummeting towards the ground for that long! After signing your life away you take a basket out to the pod, a glass box suspended between ... read more

Wanaka seems to be a lovely ski/snow town - sat by the side of a lake with snow-capped mountains in the background. Has a funky little cinema with sofa's & even a reclaimed car you can sit in! Unfortunately there was only wierd NZ films on when we looked, so didn't bother, but it did look cool. Went for a Mexican (that traditional NZ meal!), and then a few beers with the Kiwi Bus to celebrate the driver's birthday! V. Apres ski!! The journey to Queenstown was delayed by a false-start by the bus, so we had to walk to our 1st stop on the edge on Wanaka - "Puzzling World". This was literrally an attraction dedicated to all things puzzling! Some of our bus had a competition around the maze, in which me & Zoe ... read more

This country is FULL of crazyness!! So much fun... dont have much time to write will soon but i will add a few pictures :) Miss you all! Fiji on Thursday! ... read more

Well, this blog is written with mixed feelings. I’m now professionally older in years than when I started this trip. Yes, the grand old age of 24 has reached me as of 23rd June. On the plus side, this means I’m one year nearer to wiping that pesky student loan at 65, one year nearer some kind of highly amusing mid-life crisis, and one year nearer to retiring on a porch in the sun drinking port with a Labrador at my feet and a pipe. However, I still feel old. Hey ho…everybody laughs at this, so I will too. The actual event of birthday is catalogued in the accompanying pictures and basically involved small time - but jolly fine celebrations, with minimal cards, cheese and biscuits as presents (much saluting to Claire for concentrating on the ... read more