It was with waves of nausea from my self-inflicted hangover that I left Queenstown and all my good bus buddies and went into the unknown of the deep deep south of NZ. First stop Dunedin where I saw the steepest street in the world. Yes, I thought it was interesting too. Dunedin is a very student-dominated town with the University of Otago, and all locals call studenty hangouts "Scarfey" bars (Nic, it looks like you weren't the first to coin that phrase, sorry). It is also supposed to be like Edinburgh and is heavily influenced by the first Scottish settlers here. It was dull and grey and cold, so I suppose it was very like Edinburgh! I couldn't face the Speights Brewery tour, not in my state, so I opted for a Cadbury's Factory Tour instead.
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