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Have just spent the most amazing month in New Zealand. Maxers and I arrived In Christchurch fully perpared for the harsh New Zealand weather and were pleasantly surprised to find out that it was really hot, this however did not last long! Spent a nice few days wandering about Christchurch and preparing ourselves for the Kiwi Experience. Got on the Kiwi bus on Monday morning and felt like we were back on a school trip again. Max and I were initially slighty uncertain of our fellow kiwi travellers ( especially the Charlton supporter!}but we were proved wrong and are now in fact still stalking Phil and Simon around South America. Phil, Simon, Peter, Kristian, Tanya, the infamous Helen MATTHEWS, Alex, James and the Chinese trio AKA TEAM CONSUMPTION were all on our first bus and we all had such amazing time, which more or less envolved drinking every night, that we all travelled the whole of New Zealand together. Miss you all loads!!
The first stop was Westport enough said. Quickly moving on the next stop was Lake Manapua where we slept in tin cattle sheds and had a fancy dress competition, won second prize which due to my drunken state
I was apparently very pleased about, according to Max I was almost crying with joy saying that I had never won anything in my life before.... oh dear! Would just like to add I was robbed of first prize by some over keen english girls!
The next stop was Franz Josef where we did the Glacier hike, definitely one of the most amazing thing we have done so far. We both got a bit nervous when we had to squeeze through a rather tight looking crevace but luckily we both made it out the other side! That night in celebration of our achievement Team Consumption hit the goon big style and generally caused much chaos, Alex was so hammered that he went home to some empty room{we have our doubts though and believe a female may have played a part in his disappearance!} in another hostel and didn't wake up untill 11 the next day a good 3 hours after our bus had left. We all found the fact that a team member was MIA very amusing apart from old Maxers who was feeling slightly unwell that day..Then we headed to Wanaka, not a pleasant bus journey as we were
all slightly hungover and Phil, Simon and James had the horrific idea to keep drinking! The scenery was amazing and we were staying in a hotel which for people who are used to 22 person dorms, was very exciting! The next morning while Maxine went to Puzzle World!!! Helen, Tanya and I Jumped 15,000 ft out a plane!!! was so incredible, but over so quickly, cant wait to do it again!
After Wanaka we went to Queenstown, home of extreme sports and of course Fergburger, which Juls has been telling me about for months, highly impressed JHB but its no Grill'd! While in Queenstown did the Nevis Bungee, which was amazing and not as terrifying as i expected, the scariest part was being weighed beforehand, and having your weight written in permenent marker on your hand!! Also would like to add that Maxine was very brave and came up in the cable car with me! Max, Helen and I also went river boarding which was terrifying but so so funny, basically involves chucking yourself in a freezing cold river full of rapids and whirlpools and only having a body board to cling onto! There were several more drunken nights out
for Team Consumption, due to some over zealous table dancing I managed to severly bruise my entire body one evening and Maxers has developed a habbit of falling asleep during nights out!!
After Queenstown, where we had to leave the beautiful Helen MATTHEWS it was back to Christchurch for a night, then Kaikura and then over to Wellington in the North Island.
We both really liked Wellington as was good to be back in a city again and were back with Phil and Simon and the Great Danes! We went to see the Wellington Hurricanes play, but due to max and I having drunk a bit too much champagne we were more interested in the doughnuts we had bought than the actual game. The next night we went for the most amazing dinner at Andrew and Mandy's, some friends of max's, appartment, was so nice being in a house and getting a home cooked meal and the most amazing chocolate cake I have ever had in my entire life!
Maxers
We left Wellington for Taupo where Loz and the boys did yet another skydive! They almost managed to talk me into it but I am glad to say I
Fancy dress
My second prize winning costume!! came to my senses and decided to relax in the hostel instead! Our hostel in Taupo was lovely, really homely and also had a hot tub, although we never actually manged to use it as it was far too cold outside. Hiked across the Tongairo Crossing where they filmed Lord of the Rings, views were amazing although it was pretty hard wok, Lauren and I close to tears at one point whilst trying to climb the 'devils staircase'...ah! Went out that night in Taupo which actually had pretty good night life considering its tiny size. Team Consumption took part in a pub quiz in which we scored 19 out of 50, don't think the alchohol involved helped our performance! After Taupo we were back on the bus, the boys headed to stinky Rotorua for a few days while Loz and i headed straight to Auckland. Bumped into Neil and Ronnie on the street, very weird, so had a few drinks with them that night before getting up at a ridculous time in the morning to catch a flight to Melboune , which we almost missed,where we stayed with Lauren's friend Ben for a few days. Met up with my cousin
Steven who has just moved out there and had a couple of really good, if messy nights out, during which loz and I managed to get into a bit of trouble with some traffic bollards...Then it was back to Auckland for a couple of days and our last night out with the remaining members of Team Consumption, before catching our flight to Santiago, Chile!
Was so good going back to Melborne had really good time with Ben, Stu and Jake, wasn't the same without Juls and Jayne though!
Miss you all loads
Home on the 18th of August so see you all soon and dont worry Mum no more extreme sports
xxxx
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johan tha hobag
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the only thing you are doing is dunken stuff?
will you remember anything??? why do you all of a sudden miss me? weird.. i had a good night out and my last exam was good so i see you in a year and a bit maybe! kram? drunkie......