The End of An Era (Part 5 - Final Instalment of New Zealand)

We re on route to Christchurch - we ve stopped at some hilbilly village with about 4 people BUT internet for $3 per hour so abusing the hospitality. 

Christchurch will be our last destination in NZ and so this will prob be the last update til we hit ozzy shores - Melbourne here we come!  Those who know them will be pleased to hear that Joe and Laura Bird are organising us a stormer of a stay - Great Ocean Road and Neighbours night!!  woo hoo!! Dr Karl Kennedy get ready!!

Anyway lets tell you what we ve been up to. 

We travelled to Milford Sound (which is not actually a sound it is a Fiord - go figure!) Got on a big ol' yacht and sailed into the wilderness.  We were lucky enough to see a Southern Right Whale and Bottlenose Dolphins.  Also got to see cute litty penguins waddling about whilst we were sea kayaking. Properly felt like we were eons away from civilisation - espesh once it got dark.

From Milford we hot-footed it to Queenstown for weekend alcohol abuse. Met some guys in our hostel two from london - one from Wales and two from Canada and we all went out for some drinks.  I have to say i LOVE queenstown - only here do they give away free alcohol to backpackers!  Had a rip roaring night on approx 10 quid between me and Kate!! Then Halloween did it all again!- in Witches costumes - we looked very fetching i have to say!  Met some locals who invited us out on their boat the next day for a bit of waterskiing/wakeborading action!  however drunkenly declined cos we were heading to the glaciers the next day and thought he was actually trying to get a different kind of action!

So hangovers in tow (youd have thought being upside down would mean that we got hangovers in our toes - toe-aches but no!) we headed to Wanaka to recover - had a thoroughly nice time vegging - went to the cinema and sat on sofas - what a brill idea that is!

Next stop Glaciers.  had booked to do a skydive from 12,000 ft 2 hours after we arrived there.  it was mental - started to properly feel a bit funny once we were up in the worlds smallest plane and then started panicking when i saw Kate being sucked out of the plane plunging to her death - but atch quite enjoyed it once id got over the stomach flipping similarity to the bungy and soaring through the air like youre invincible - nothing better.  got some awesome photos mid parachute and even a little video! 

Also had booked oursleves into doing a full day glacier hike so trundled off not really knowing what we were letting ourselves into. first off - the boots they gave us to wear were like concrete shoes they weighed a ton! then we had to scrabble through the rainforest - ape style - we were going practically vertical i wasnt letting go for dear life! then we hit the ice - very bizzarre - looked a bit like Krypton - y'know when Supermans dad is putting him into the space shuttle to bring him to earth and then clark kent chats to his mum with those icicles - I kept on expecting Lex Luther to pop out at any stage! ANyway wicked day totally knackered but well worth it.  had to get up this morning to drive the 6/7 hour journey to Christchurch via Arthurs Pass. We re half way through - next comes the windy bit...

Anyway peeps thanks for the emails (those of you who are emailling! - you know who you are! Alice Clough and Stephanie Fewings you still alive??)

Lots of kiwi love - next it ll be kanger-love!

x

Jen

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