After Queenstown! Whats this white stuff!
Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo
We couldn't eat with the chopsticks so what else could we do!!
Rosie & Deirdre on stage....what a riot!Well after all that mad activity in Queenstown, I have now continued around the south island on a very sedate journey!
I left the boys in Queenstown for them to do snow boarding etc and I headed for Dunedin, which is the old Gaelic name for Edinburgh! Its the second largest city and it attracts students as they a diverse range of courses that some of the other universities dont offer.
Its also relatively cheap to live here too!
One of the most famous things Dunedin is known for is their Cadburys Chocolate Factory!!! Since I have never been to the one at home, I decided to do a tour as I was told about the free samples!
It was an interesting tour but more importantly I got lots of goodies to last me through the day!
After this I walked around Dunedin and discovered there isnt much to do, so in the evening headed for the cinema to watch Shrek 3 on my own....how sad eh!!
Next day I left Dunedin and headed for Lake Tekapo, en route it started to snow heavily and we were negotiating mountain passes and the driver started to get worried we wouldnt make it to our destination......anyhow we stopped for an hour or so to see how it would develop and we got the go ahead to continue.
On arrival at Lake Tekapo it was like a Christmas Card scene, so beautiful but cold!! So we didnt move away from the open fire, we had a few bottles of wine and played Scrabble.
I have met 3 irish girls called Rosie, Deidre and Ashley who are so much fun and we had a giggle that night!
Next day we had an icy welcome, but no more snow which we were thankful of, as a lot of us on the bus were restricted on our time schedules and couldnt afford to spend another night in a place that wasnt planned.
We heard from the bus driver that nobody is leaving Queenstown or Franz Joseph due to the weather conditions and the next bus to Lake Tekapo could be a couple of days, so we just escaped in time.....so lucky indeed!
We travelled to Christchurch and arrived in the sun early afternoon which was a nice contrast, the girls and I went out for a Chinese at night and ended up in an Irish Bar, which ended up with Rosie & Deirdre on stage!!!
I got chatted up by a guy from Ashton Under Lyne!!! cant go anywhere without finding a northerner!! He was apparently a professional golfer and he was old enough to be my dad!! The girls were sniggering at a nearby table and so I managed to make my excuses and run for the hills! haha!
I left the boys in Queenstown for them to do snow boarding etc and I headed for Dunedin, which is the old Gaelic name for Edinburgh! Its the second largest city and it attracts students as they a diverse range of courses that some of the other universities dont offer.
Its also relatively cheap to live here too!
One of the most famous things Dunedin is known for is their Cadburys Chocolate Factory!!! Since I have never been to the one at home, I decided to do a tour as I was told about the free samples!
It was an interesting tour but more importantly I got lots of goodies to last me through the day!
After this I walked around Dunedin and discovered there isnt much to do, so in the evening headed for the cinema to watch Shrek 3 on my own....how sad eh!!
Next day I left Dunedin and headed for Lake Tekapo, en route it started to snow heavily and we were negotiating mountain passes and the driver started to get worried we wouldnt make it to our destination......anyhow we stopped for an hour or so to see how it would develop and we got the go ahead to continue.
On arrival at Lake Tekapo it was like a Christmas Card scene, so beautiful but cold!! So we didnt move away from the open fire, we had a few bottles of wine and played Scrabble.
I have met 3 irish girls called Rosie, Deidre and Ashley who are so much fun and we had a giggle that night!
Next day we had an icy welcome, but no more snow which we were thankful of, as a lot of us on the bus were restricted on our time schedules and couldnt afford to spend another night in a place that wasnt planned.
We heard from the bus driver that nobody is leaving Queenstown or Franz Joseph due to the weather conditions and the next bus to Lake Tekapo could be a couple of days, so we just escaped in time.....so lucky indeed!
We travelled to Christchurch and arrived in the sun early afternoon which was a nice contrast, the girls and I went out for a Chinese at night and ended up in an Irish Bar, which ended up with Rosie & Deirdre on stage!!!
I got chatted up by a guy from Ashton Under Lyne!!! cant go anywhere without finding a northerner!! He was apparently a professional golfer and he was old enough to be my dad!! The girls were sniggering at a nearby table and so I managed to make my excuses and run for the hills! haha!
posted by SuenGav @ 6/23/2007 06:23:00 am
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