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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
Luckyly the rain held of for the majority of the day and I even got quite burnt (as I didn't put any cream on like a twat!).
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
After the long goodbyes of the reunion (saying bye to 40 people takes some time) we went for lunch in a VEGAN!!!! restaurant in Dunedin with Merida and Ben (my eldest sister and husband). They went their merry way and I bought a powerful speaker for my MP3 player. The speaker could be heard over the engine of the van, but nevermind I had music!!!! My MP3 player then chose this time to stop working. Which was super.
The next stop was Te Anau - a beautiful area in the South that is Fjordlands. We went for a 3 hour walk and lost my mum for part of it. She walked on and we didn't realise, spent 20 minutes looking around for her. Funny how the role of parent/child can begin to reverse after a certain age. ;)
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
Hehe...
Rain seems to be fairly prevalent for the whole trip so far. I know those of you back in the UK are having Fantastic snow and time off work. Great times. The rain here is arduous. It is so continuous and heavy. Apparently it is called the El Nino effect and happens every 6 years, they get a really shitty summer. Happily we have hit that time. I am told that Peru also gets this effect. I just hope it is not when I am there also.
Well, we drove up to the Milford Sound, some of the most beautiful rainforest fjord-land in the world. Guess what. It rained. And Rained. AND RAINED. Our flight over the mountains was canceled due to the bad weather, so we played scrabble. Of course that was far more fun. Ahem.
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
THIS IS SUMMER!!!!
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
"We have gone on holiday by mistake..."
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
Hehehehe
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| From New Zealand On the Family Holiday |
Okay good 'dad' joke
We decided to leave the area as it was forecast rain for the next few days, so we drove for another 4 hours to Queenstown. The thing about New Zealand is that to get around everywhere takes at least 2 hours to get to, there are very few villages or towns en route. Still its a good time for contemplation.
In Queenstown, very little happening with the rain. Just went to the cinema and chilled yesterday. But today. Wow. Bungy time!!! I would be uploading photos from it but they are not ready yet from the site. I will soon though. What a buzz. Everything in you body is saying don't jump. Everything except the one tenacious part that is simply saying 'fuck yeah'.
