Hello my friends! Welcome to the inaugural actual post of this blog! Very exciting times, if you get excited by trivial things (which, to be clear, I do).
As you have no doubt realised from the excessive number of selfies, we have been in New Zealand, specifically the Southland. It is a pretty great part of the world, with an abundance of nature and wildlife, but mostly a wide variety of spectacular views. Views across serene lakes, views up snow-capped mountains, views over sweeping plains, views across stormy inlets... so many views! Basically we have done a lot of looking at beautiful stuff.
In between the looking there has been a fair amount of driving around, quite a bit of being bitten by insects and burnt by the sun, and a whole lot of silliness. Highlights include a 3-day extended game of I Spy, Guy losing his wallet and me finding it in my cereal, me crashing my luge cart on the first corner, Guy backing the campervan slowly into a road barrier, me leaving my swimming trunks in a shower, Guy throwing the frisbee into a lake (4 times)... so basically Mel is having a hard time keeping us in check. Although in fairness he has so far managed to hold on the bubble wand that I bought for him.
We've done a lot of cool stuff which I don't have the energy to blow by blow, but some particular favourites have been: white water rafting in the Shotover canyon with a very stereotypical crazy Maori, eating a world-renowned Fergburger, cruising the spectacular Milford Sound (where, contrary to popular belief, it was raining. No less than 6,750mm per year! In contrast to London's 540), going to the southernmost point of mainland New Zealand and walking in a petrified Jurassic forest which is now inhabited by the world's rarest penguin! It is called a Hoiho and may also be the world's cutest.
In summary, NZ is great and I still love the country and the people. Right now I am sat outside a community centre in Balclutha which is currently filled with old people dancing to 50's music. It is pretty sweet. Happy travels my friends :)
PS, Shout out to Mr Jamie Clarke (and the rest of my PCT of course), because I have written this on the tiny tablet-friendly keyboard he mysteriously acquired.
As you have no doubt realised from the excessive number of selfies, we have been in New Zealand, specifically the Southland. It is a pretty great part of the world, with an abundance of nature and wildlife, but mostly a wide variety of spectacular views. Views across serene lakes, views up snow-capped mountains, views over sweeping plains, views across stormy inlets... so many views! Basically we have done a lot of looking at beautiful stuff.
In between the looking there has been a fair amount of driving around, quite a bit of being bitten by insects and burnt by the sun, and a whole lot of silliness. Highlights include a 3-day extended game of I Spy, Guy losing his wallet and me finding it in my cereal, me crashing my luge cart on the first corner, Guy backing the campervan slowly into a road barrier, me leaving my swimming trunks in a shower, Guy throwing the frisbee into a lake (4 times)... so basically Mel is having a hard time keeping us in check. Although in fairness he has so far managed to hold on the bubble wand that I bought for him.
We've done a lot of cool stuff which I don't have the energy to blow by blow, but some particular favourites have been: white water rafting in the Shotover canyon with a very stereotypical crazy Maori, eating a world-renowned Fergburger, cruising the spectacular Milford Sound (where, contrary to popular belief, it was raining. No less than 6,750mm per year! In contrast to London's 540), going to the southernmost point of mainland New Zealand and walking in a petrified Jurassic forest which is now inhabited by the world's rarest penguin! It is called a Hoiho and may also be the world's cutest.
In summary, NZ is great and I still love the country and the people. Right now I am sat outside a community centre in Balclutha which is currently filled with old people dancing to 50's music. It is pretty sweet. Happy travels my friends :)
PS, Shout out to Mr Jamie Clarke (and the rest of my PCT of course), because I have written this on the tiny tablet-friendly keyboard he mysteriously acquired.
Don't let Guy anywhere near the bubble wand.
ReplyDeleteDay six. Guy still has kept possession of the bubble wand. However, he has lost a bunch of other stuff to compensate.
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