On Wednesday morning I packed up all my worldly possessions and hitch-hiked with some very friendly French guys who insisted on stopping the van every couple of km's to take pictures. I was very understanding. If a little frustrated. Bannockburn is not a place 'worth visiting' and it takes a considerable detour to reach. The fools! All the same, they were lovely fella's. When I eventually met up with Connor and Harriet we went down to The World Bar which actually makes very nice pizza in the earlier hours of the night... I sneakily got in on their package deal (much appreciated by the way!) meaning cheap drinks and EVEN cheaper food! They have a total travelling group of four. Four people to one bus. Craziness. On the second day whilst Connor and Harriet did Shotover Jet and the 4x4 Lord of the Rings experience, I decided to make a bee line for the highest bungy in New Zealand. Over a stoney canyon. 143 metres. Nuff said really don't you think??
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The following day Connor and I tried our hands at Frisbee Golf in the park which was WAY more fun than I thought it would be!! After we both came pretty damn far over par we headed up the gondola's to the Luge track... which is kind of a tobogganing/go-karting/racing kinda thing. In a mad flash of daring courage I nearly managed to break myself by taking the "Slow Down" bending track at the end of the course WAY too fast. I crashed. Went flying. Everyone found it very funny. Ha. Ha. ¬_¬ That afternoon with some of the others I went to see Pirates of the Carribean 4, which I had been utterly unaware was out. I feel so disconnected with world events..
On my birthday (woop!) I went to say goodbye to Connor and Harriet early in the morning, then went straight back to bed. Monique having finished work came to Queenstown and we had french crepes for breakfast in Arrowtown and then she successfully did a bungy jump of the Kawarau. In the evening I had my first ever vindaloo which was a bit of a let down tbh, wasn't nearly as spicy as I thought it should be. Not even eye watering! Had a good night down the clubs playing pool and drinking till eventually getting back to the hostel late and watching some blackadder to mellow down. A good day! And I'm now 19. Weird. It was very surreal to be away from home, I had a great internal longing to throw a massive Hoddesdon party. But that'll have to wait till I'm back!
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On Wednesday morning I packed up all my worldly possessions and hitch-hiked with some very friendly French guys who insisted on stopping the van every couple of km's to take pictures. I was very understanding. If a little frustrated. Bannockburn is not a place 'worth visiting' and it takes a considerable detour to reach. The fools! All the same, they were lovely fella's. When I eventually met up with Connor and Harriet we went down to The World Bar which actually makes very nice pizza in the earlier hours of the night... I sneakily got in on their package deal (much appreciated by the way!) meaning cheap drinks and EVEN cheaper food! They have a total travelling group of four. Four people to one bus. Craziness. On the second day whilst Connor and Harriet did Shotover Jet and the 4x4 Lord of the Rings experience, I decided to make a bee line for the highest bungy in New Zealand. Over a stoney canyon. 143 metres. Nuff said really don't you think??
I LOVE frisby golf. Did it in Santa Cruz. Th UK needs more frisby golf (and better weather for it too.)
ReplyDeleteSooo down with that 'Pirates of the Carribean' thing. Walked past a cinema in Potosi, Bolivia the other day and thought it must be a timewarp till I realised there was a new one. Spooky. Stay safe nef.
Uncle GG