Kiwi Experience... Part Two

Day 8- Wellington to Picton to Nelson

Well today was interesting... Like i said, very late night of birthday celebrations... When we eventually went to bed, we forgot to set an alarm, one fo the people in our room, woke up and was like 'Oh bugger' and then shouted at us all to get out of bed... We were meant to be on the bus, ready to leave for the ferry thismorning at 7, it was 7 now... We all threw everything in our bags and ran downstairs and out to the bus still in our pjamas!! We made it just in time... Phew!

We got onto the ferry and guess what its STILL pouring down... As we got on the ferry we found a place to make base for us all, in the bar!! There was Sky sports on TV, so we saw England beat SA in the cricket and then slept... we all slept the 3 hours it took to get from Wellington to Picton... We then got on the bus, picked up a few new people, and drove 2 hours to Nelson, a cute little city, the geographical central point on NZ.. We walked up a little hill there to the actual point that is said to be the centre of NZ... The hostel we stayed in tonight gave us a beer tasting activity... I hate beer, so i just went to watch, at the end the guy asked us a question about what he had been telling us and i was the first to answer and got it right so i won a free bar crawl in Queenstown (for when we got down there)... That was sweet as !! We then played darts, I cant aim, so i just threw them vaguely at the board and didnt do that bad at all.. I came 2nd out of 5 of us playing... Then we watched a film and went to bed...

Day 9- Nelson to Westport

We left Nelson, and drove through a load of glacial valleys to a random lake where we did a small walk... After that some of the guys decided it would be a great idea to jump in the lake!! Crazy Fools.... We carried on driving through glacial valleys until we reached a town called Westport, which was given the nickname 'wetport', guess what... ITS STILL RAINING!!

Day 10- Westport to Lake Mahinapua

Today we drove from Westport down to the biggest town on the West Coast, Greymouth. When we got here we all decided on a theme for our fancy dress party tonight- tight and bright! We raided the church shops and charity shops for random outfits and i managed to put together an outfit for $4!! Not bad i think !! It was definitley tight and definitley bright... and i didnt win!! What a joke!!

We carried on driving from Greymouth to a place called Punakaiki.. This place is famous for its pancake rocks..

We went on a small walk, which was really nice because the weather was sunny and quite warm today... So being the British tourist that i am down here i donned the old shorts and t shirt!!

After this, our destination was a little pub/hostel in the middle of nowhere. This place is run by the oldest publican in the country, Les age 86! The place is called 'The Poo Pub' and is notorius to all backpackers in NZ... Here we had a huge meal.. Steak, veg and venisen casserole ! YUMMY!! After eating, we went to get ready for tonight!! The pic on the right is me and Mike, the other guy who works at the school with me!