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The wierdest museum and the tiny church shop

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Southland » Catlins February 25th 2005

In the southern town of Invercargil we visited the wierdest museum I have ever seen. It has under one roof: the town information center, some art stuff, living lizards (in glass cages, don't worry) and some exhibition about the islands under the 45 degrees line with stories about ship wreckage and castaways... one museum. And there was more I just don't remember. Is this the effect of the deep south?? We are still having great weather, haven't seen rain in days, and down here at the south, next to the sea it's so great. You see so much blue sky from one horizon to the other side horizon. Some clouds hang in the air but it doesn't seem realistic at all. Fantastic. We stayed in the smallest backpacker, in a place called Waikawa. On the other ... read more

Queenstown is FUN (and a bit about dinners here)

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Queenstown February 24th 2005

Jet boat

Anat

Yesterday after I spent 2 hours in the Internet place, we went to see what's going on here. It's the first town here that is not asleep at 10PM. We went to a bar, I had 2 beers, we danced, everything was very happy. I hope it's not the only place in NZ like that... Today I did the jet boat ride. That was FUN!!!!! It's a boat that goes really fats on the river, and it's unique in the ability to turn very quickly, on the spot, even 360 degrees. So the driver gets close to the rocks and gets away at the last second, and he does 360 degrees spins, and we all cry "WOW" and it's a good laugh :-) They call it group teraphy... After that we drove to the town of ... read more

LeSasch in New Zealand

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch February 24th 2005

Sascha, der Abenteurer

LeSasch

Hello everyone! This is my life, honest and uncut…pretty dramatic, ay?! :-) For anyone who just stumbled upon this travel journal: I’m Sascha, I’m from Cologne, Germany and I’m currently studying in Christchurch, NZ. I decided to use this travel journal as a way of letting my family and friends be part of my exciting life and tantalising adventures that I have here! Since most of them are back in Germany I’ll be writing mostly in German…at least at first. Later, if I find the time, I might add translations to my journal entries. You can still enjoy the great pictures from the beautiful New Zealand scenery, if you like, though ;-) Soooo, jetzt aber mal auf Deutsch!!! Haaaallloooooo alle, herzlich willkommen auf der tollsten, informativsten, lustigsten Online Reiseberichtsseite der Welt, die die spannenden, aufregenden und ... read more

A note for girls only!!!

Oceania » New Zealand February 24th 2005

Anat

Girls, I need to share this with you. The Kiwi guys (meaning New Zealand guys) are gorgeous!!! I already told you about the guy at the underwater observatory. He still has no competition, but today the jet boat driver wasn't bad at all, and lots of other guys you see around. So what's the secret? The hall in the Uzone? But who cares, come and enjoy it too...... read more

Getting settled in Sydney!

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney February 24th 2005

beniblanco

Hey guys! Welcome to my travelblog :) This is the best way for me to keep all of my good friends updated. I'm at my uni right now getting my courses organised. I'm still looking for a place to stay, and I'm sick of being in the backpackers hostel!! I've been sharing room with 6-7 other people and it's really time to get my own room. The difficulty is that I' m trying to find a place on Bondi beach which is really popular so thats why. I will upload some pics here next time, so until then. I miss you all Benjamin... read more

Lake Taupo and the Tongariro Crossing

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Central Plateau February 24th 2005

Pete and Scary Freddy

PeteSarah

The same day we left the Thermal wonderland we drove to Lake Taupo - I was booked in for a skydive that afternoon and didn't want to miss the appointment! The Skydive At this point in my life I have got to say that the exhilaration from the skydive - the feelings of freefall and the accompanying visuals - is the purest feeling I have ever felt. I was on a buzz for a long while afterwards, replaying the first seconds in my head like a videoclip. We arrived at the Taupo Tandem Skydive office with plenty of time, and proceded with choosing what altitude to jump from and whether or not to have a personal camerman (and suchlike other choices). I opted for spending $100 extra on going to 15,000 feet instead of having all ... read more

New Zealand At Last!

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland February 24th 2005

Cheers!

Reena and Cheena

So, on to Auckland. We flew in about lunchtime - the flight was only 3 hours and no jet lag to deal with so we liked it (despite being made to watch the Hilary Duff movie, Raise Your Voice. Just don't, it's not worth it). We're staying with my friends Dave and Claire from Warwick at the moment which has been great. They have a flat right in the middle of the city, underneath the Sky Tower, so that's been great for getting about and seeing what Auckland has to offer. And regaining some sort of night life! The first few days we spent wandering around Auckland itself and familiarising ourselves with where all the coffee shops/clotes stores were. You know, important stuff. We went to a couple of museums too. The art museum was free ... read more

hothothot

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island February 24th 2005

poorhouse

hey! A morning entry, would you believe it. I am, unsurprisingly, sort of waiting for a bus. Yesterday night I went to the Maori Arts 'n' Craft centre where we had a guided tour round natural phenomena like geysers, hot mud splashy things (98 degrees centigrade at top) and plants, and indeed real life Kiwis (the birds). These geysers are apparently real and uninterfered with, unlike some rival geyser that goes off at 10:30 every day apparently, even when daylight savings time is on. Magic, no? Even so, they spurted magnificently. Also saw them doing actual arts and crafts, weaving, carving and the like. Follow that with Maori welcome/challenge/dance 'n' sing type cultural event. And then Maori FEAST. This consisted of an all-you-can eat buffet cooked by traditional means, which even though it had a fish ... read more

Disappointed from the Luge

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Queenstown February 23rd 2005

Qtown Luge

Anat

I was waiting impatiently to get to Queenstown and do the luge, remembering the great "luge d'ete" in France and the huge one in Austria. Well here it's different and I didn't like it. What a shame... I am so disappointed! So, yes, we are finally in Queenstown, the city of high Adrenalin activities. We took the cable car (Gondola they call it) to the mountain next to town, where you see signs that are "so Qtown": Luge right, Bungy left, Paragliding here... We only did the luge but enjoyed watching the rest of the adrenalin stuff. Tomorrow I do one of these things too: a jet boat! If I survive, I can tell you what is it :-) ... read more

Quickie

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island February 23rd 2005

poorhouse

Not a real entry today, just on some uberexpensive machine waiting for a bus to the Maori Crafts Institute or something like that. In reply: Can't remember what I wrote, but if it was wanting to make more then it was probably swans. If it was not making more then that'll be the fiends that we call children. There are too many already - population = pollution as it says on a sign here :-) Glowworms glow cos of some biochemical magic - they're not plugged into the socket or anything (so they claim). Sorry about lack of detail, but here is an interesting fact (!): the hungrier the glowworm the brighter it is. Yep I did go to Milford, sorry, forgot to mention that. It was full of tourists but I still saw some unbelivable ... read more

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