It's hard to remmeber everything that I have done in the past few months, because there has been so much! Evatt is definitly a place unto its own. I couldn't hold back the tears when I left, and I still can't quite believe that I won't be back.
Some of the Events:
Pub Crawl: The theme was rubix cube, which required everyone to wear 6 pieces of clothing of the 6 colours of the rubix cube. On the first bus trip everyone was given a number which corresponded with one colour. In order to discover what colour our number went with we had to exchange clothes and dress in one solid colour and then ask the judges if we had guessed correctly. If you did, you won, but if you didn't you had to go and get into another colour. It was pretty hectic, and made for some good times! We started really early and i was at home in bed, dead to the world by 11:00. Unfortunately, I managed to get myself a train fine, for not purchasing a ticket. It put a bit of a damper on the evening, but knowing me I will manage to get myslef out of it!
Trip to the Blue Mountains: Dev, Allie and I headed down for a weekend with Ainsley in her hometown of Lithgow, and did some sightseeing of the gorgeous blue mountains. It was sooooo amazing to stay at a real house, with a real bed, and someone to cook for you! Some of Ainsleys friends are in a band, but are all heading in different directions to work or travel. They had a massive going away gig, which involved much jumping dancing and singing, which is always a recipe for a good night!
Bar 121: Our sponser pub, which always means a great night of dancing to live music, mostly classic 90s tunes - always a treat!
Canteen Night: In order to raise money for cancer, we headed over to our campus bar to support some of the boys from Evatt who play in a band. They drew quite a crowd, along with Andy who promised to cut off his shoulder length hair if we could raise over $800.00. Amazingly we raised over $2000.00. An unbeleivable effort!
International going away party: This was supose to be a big event, again at our on-campus bar, but Newcastle was hit be a huge storm and this changed things. There was flash flooding, so many people had to abandon their cars, and one of the coal barges was washed up onto the reef only 10 meters off shore. The rain was terential, and basically acted like a shower. Needless to say nobody was overly keen to leave their warm, dry room. However we still made the most of it. A bunch of us girls got together in some old gruby clothes and went mud-sliding. It was an unbeleiable moment that I know I will never experience again. We got absolutely filthy sliding down hills and through puddles and then headed back to Evatt to cause a rucus. After dirtying up the window of the common room (which nobody would let us into) we headed over to Ted's pool (our colloage rivals. We went for a very cleansing swim after using a trash can to hop the fence. On our way back we did run into a few security guards, however they didn't seem to be too upset with us. In fact it was wuite the opposite, they thought it was rather halarious, so instead of getting in trouble, we got a picture with them.
After I had finished my last exam and handed in my last paper, it was so hard to believe that it was all over. On the one hand I feel so close to everyone here that it seems like I have known them forever, but on the other hand time has just flown by and it doesn't seem possible that my time here has come to an end.
Allie, Devin, her friend from Seattle, Jamie, and I are now heading out for a 3 week tour of the east coast. We are looking forward to the sunnier climate further north. Leaving Newcastle was bitter-sweet. I am so sad to leave, but also excited to do some traveling again. This has been the most amazing experience of my life and I am going to miss everyone and the lifestyle desperetly!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Easter Holidays
Well I am definitly very far behind in my blogging so I'm going to give a quick overview to try and catch up! Devin and I had an amazing break. After we left Melbourne we drove for 3 days along the Great Ocean Road. The scenery was breathtaking, and we were both vying for the passengers seat the whole trip. We saw the Twelve Apostles which are huge rocks just off the coast. We were lucky enough to have gorgeous weather, which was a real treat. We spent a really fun night in Apollo Bay, a small town along the road. Shockingly Devin ran into a guy that she had met 6 months earlier in Vegas. Just goes to show what a small world it really is. We also went for a beach horseback ride, which I really enjoyed, and Dev would have too, if her horse hadn't been so damn lazy!!
Next we hit up Adelaide, had a bit of trouble checking into the hostel we booked because it's reception was closed, but eventually we sorted it all out. We went out to see a wineary the next day which was really fun, but completely exemplified the terrible drought South Australia is experiencing. After just one day in Adelaide we headed out on a tour of Kangaroo Island, where shockingly we saw tons of kangaroos! We also saw the cute Koala bears, sea lions, possums and some ancient whale bones. A very succesful tour, we had a great guide along with an outgoing group of travellers.
We then bundled up and flew down even further south to the Island of Tasmania. It's the biggest Island just of the South-east coast. We flew into Hobart and did a tour of the Cadbury Chocolate Factory which was unbelievable.We ate tons of chocolate and although it was amazing, I was a little disapointed we didn't see any umpa loompas! From Hobart we rented a car and ptetty much drove around the whole Island. The highlights included a national park where we saw wallabys and a platypus, the cradle mountains which jutted up behind a stunning lake, a cave walk with an underground cathedral and glow worms, and finally the east coast which included wineglass bay and some stunning sun-sets. The lowest point of the whole trip occured here in Tasmania though when we shared a hostel room with a very scary old man. He looked like he hadn't showered in days and furthermore felt the need to test normal social boundaries by waking me up in the morning by poking me in the ribs - very scary!!!
We had an amazing trip, but happily celbrated our return with an amazing night at town in Newcastle. Dev and I were reunited with Allie and we definitly celbrated in a big way. The perfect way to end a fabulous holiday!
Next we hit up Adelaide, had a bit of trouble checking into the hostel we booked because it's reception was closed, but eventually we sorted it all out. We went out to see a wineary the next day which was really fun, but completely exemplified the terrible drought South Australia is experiencing. After just one day in Adelaide we headed out on a tour of Kangaroo Island, where shockingly we saw tons of kangaroos! We also saw the cute Koala bears, sea lions, possums and some ancient whale bones. A very succesful tour, we had a great guide along with an outgoing group of travellers.
We then bundled up and flew down even further south to the Island of Tasmania. It's the biggest Island just of the South-east coast. We flew into Hobart and did a tour of the Cadbury Chocolate Factory which was unbelievable.We ate tons of chocolate and although it was amazing, I was a little disapointed we didn't see any umpa loompas! From Hobart we rented a car and ptetty much drove around the whole Island. The highlights included a national park where we saw wallabys and a platypus, the cradle mountains which jutted up behind a stunning lake, a cave walk with an underground cathedral and glow worms, and finally the east coast which included wineglass bay and some stunning sun-sets. The lowest point of the whole trip occured here in Tasmania though when we shared a hostel room with a very scary old man. He looked like he hadn't showered in days and furthermore felt the need to test normal social boundaries by waking me up in the morning by poking me in the ribs - very scary!!!
We had an amazing trip, but happily celbrated our return with an amazing night at town in Newcastle. Dev and I were reunited with Allie and we definitly celbrated in a big way. The perfect way to end a fabulous holiday!
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Melbourne
Devin and I began out Easter Holidays on the train from Newcastle to Sydney. It was a gorgeous day and we were excited to be off for a few adventures of our own. In hindsight, the train ride was only the beginning of many encounters with some very 'special' and 'unique' people. The two guys sitting next to us were dressed up for the rodeo with cowboy hats, leather boots and some big shiny belts. They had an obvious interest in country music; their favorite song was "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy". We discerned this fact after about half an hour into the 2 1/2 hour trip, at which point we had heard this song over 5 times. Not only were they obnoxiously drinking amongst themselves, but also one of these delightful boys felt the need to show us a picture (which he pulled out of his wallet) of his truck after he crashed it. He was wondering if we could tell if it was a two door or four door cab. He seemed quite delighted by the fact that his truck was so smashed up from his reckless driving that we were unable to tell.
After departing the train, we hopped on a plane to Melbourne. On arrival, Devin's bag promptly arrived on the carousal, however my backpack did not have so much luck. So backpackless I headed into Melbourne and we got a tram to St Kilda. Conveniently, I did not right down the address of our hostel, so after some aimless walking, I remembered that I had the number of the Hostel in my phone, and were henceforth given directions.
St. Kilda is a suburb that is right on the beach with tons of cute shops and bars. Unfortunately, Melbourne is not a good city to spend time in if you have an uncontrollable shopping habit. We spent a lot of time wandering around the city (in and out of many shops), spent an afternoon in the botanical gardens picnicking and reading, and meandered through an amusement park. We even saw a cute little penguin out on the pier!
We also checked out the Crown Casino, apparently the biggest in the world. I had never been in a casino before, so it was all quite exciting. There was a massive amount of slot machines; it would be hard to imagine everyone being in use at once. Not only was it a huge casino, but it also had restaurants, shops, bars, clubs and a movie theatre. After we checked everything out we made our way into the "Las Vegas" room where I decided I needed to play some texas hold'em. Apparently my time playing poker in Helmcken in first year was well spent, because I made myself $50 (which covered one of three dresses I purchased that day).
I found a lot of similarities between Melbourne and Vancouver, so it goes without saying that I loved it. Although there weren’t tons of sites to see, I feel like it would be a very livable city, however it could do with a few more beaches! Oh yes, and my backpack eventually made its way back to me, which I very much appreciated!
After departing the train, we hopped on a plane to Melbourne. On arrival, Devin's bag promptly arrived on the carousal, however my backpack did not have so much luck. So backpackless I headed into Melbourne and we got a tram to St Kilda. Conveniently, I did not right down the address of our hostel, so after some aimless walking, I remembered that I had the number of the Hostel in my phone, and were henceforth given directions.
St. Kilda is a suburb that is right on the beach with tons of cute shops and bars. Unfortunately, Melbourne is not a good city to spend time in if you have an uncontrollable shopping habit. We spent a lot of time wandering around the city (in and out of many shops), spent an afternoon in the botanical gardens picnicking and reading, and meandered through an amusement park. We even saw a cute little penguin out on the pier!
We also checked out the Crown Casino, apparently the biggest in the world. I had never been in a casino before, so it was all quite exciting. There was a massive amount of slot machines; it would be hard to imagine everyone being in use at once. Not only was it a huge casino, but it also had restaurants, shops, bars, clubs and a movie theatre. After we checked everything out we made our way into the "Las Vegas" room where I decided I needed to play some texas hold'em. Apparently my time playing poker in Helmcken in first year was well spent, because I made myself $50 (which covered one of three dresses I purchased that day).
I found a lot of similarities between Melbourne and Vancouver, so it goes without saying that I loved it. Although there weren’t tons of sites to see, I feel like it would be a very livable city, however it could do with a few more beaches! Oh yes, and my backpack eventually made its way back to me, which I very much appreciated!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Evatt House & Visitors
Life has been unbelievably busy since school started. With the numerous Evatt events, multiple excursions with friends and a visit from my family, there has been little time for my studies. Nevertheless, I am enjoying my classes and managing to get assessments in on time!
My parents and brother flew down for their break in March for two weeks and we got up to so much! We started out in Sydney and went to Mannly Beach, Bondi Beach and the Toronga Zoo, which was massive and so cool. I pretty much fell in love with the koala bears! After a few days back at school, I went back down to Sydney and then we flew to Cairns in Queensland. It was drastically warmer and the humidity was unbelievable. We took an amazing trip out to the reef and luckily the overcast skies didn't matter once we were under the water. It was like a whole new world! The coral and number of fish species was unbelievable. We were even lucky enough to see a sea turtle, which was the highlight for me. We also took a drive up to the rainforest, which was very cool. The giant spiders were great to see, but it was a little disconcerting to look up and see a spider bigger than your hand above your head. We stayed in an area called Palm Cove and on one of my parents nightly walks they witnessed a fisherman reeling in a shark. Actually they said it took a few guys as it was at least an 8 foot shark and was fighting for its freedom. My mum however wasn't interested in staying to watch the whole thing!
After we flew back to Sydney we headed up to Newcastle and after some very poor navigating on my behalf we made it. I gave them the grand tour around Newcastle (which didn't take up too much time) and we spent a good deal of time beaching. We also headed up to Port Stevens for a day where I went for a bit of a surf (I still am very horrible) and then we went on a sand dune adventure. We started off with some sand boarding which was fun, but crazy tiring to climb up after riding down. We also took a drive out to "tin city" which is a little squatters town. It 'surprising' has an all male population and their lives consist of drinking beer, fishing, drinking beer, watching satellite tv and drinking beer. Their houses looked pretty dismal from the outside, however our guide said they were nice inside.
Sadly I had to say by to the Fam, and the headed back on an unpleasantly long trek to Vancouver. That weekend we had a commencement for Evatt House, which was so much fun. Everyone got really dressed up (I of course felt the need to buy a new dress) and we had a formal diner and then a night on the town. At the dinner awards were given out for academic acheivement, community service and more socially oriented awards were given as well. I was the embarrassed recipent of an award (I'm sure most of you can guess under which section my award came at). The night didn't end untill well past sun-up and was overall one of the funner nights thus far.
Other things I have been up to: we went into Sydney or the gay/lesbian mardi gras parade which was a crazy crazy night; took another trip to Sydney to see a footy game which involved beer drinking and eating meat pies, unfortunately our team lost to NZ by 1 point; had a sex trivia night at Evatt, where our block one best costume for our vaginamite costumes!
I have been having an amazing time and miss you all! Next I am off on another travelling expedition for Easter Break!
My parents and brother flew down for their break in March for two weeks and we got up to so much! We started out in Sydney and went to Mannly Beach, Bondi Beach and the Toronga Zoo, which was massive and so cool. I pretty much fell in love with the koala bears! After a few days back at school, I went back down to Sydney and then we flew to Cairns in Queensland. It was drastically warmer and the humidity was unbelievable. We took an amazing trip out to the reef and luckily the overcast skies didn't matter once we were under the water. It was like a whole new world! The coral and number of fish species was unbelievable. We were even lucky enough to see a sea turtle, which was the highlight for me. We also took a drive up to the rainforest, which was very cool. The giant spiders were great to see, but it was a little disconcerting to look up and see a spider bigger than your hand above your head. We stayed in an area called Palm Cove and on one of my parents nightly walks they witnessed a fisherman reeling in a shark. Actually they said it took a few guys as it was at least an 8 foot shark and was fighting for its freedom. My mum however wasn't interested in staying to watch the whole thing!
After we flew back to Sydney we headed up to Newcastle and after some very poor navigating on my behalf we made it. I gave them the grand tour around Newcastle (which didn't take up too much time) and we spent a good deal of time beaching. We also headed up to Port Stevens for a day where I went for a bit of a surf (I still am very horrible) and then we went on a sand dune adventure. We started off with some sand boarding which was fun, but crazy tiring to climb up after riding down. We also took a drive out to "tin city" which is a little squatters town. It 'surprising' has an all male population and their lives consist of drinking beer, fishing, drinking beer, watching satellite tv and drinking beer. Their houses looked pretty dismal from the outside, however our guide said they were nice inside.
Sadly I had to say by to the Fam, and the headed back on an unpleasantly long trek to Vancouver. That weekend we had a commencement for Evatt House, which was so much fun. Everyone got really dressed up (I of course felt the need to buy a new dress) and we had a formal diner and then a night on the town. At the dinner awards were given out for academic acheivement, community service and more socially oriented awards were given as well. I was the embarrassed recipent of an award (I'm sure most of you can guess under which section my award came at). The night didn't end untill well past sun-up and was overall one of the funner nights thus far.
Other things I have been up to: we went into Sydney or the gay/lesbian mardi gras parade which was a crazy crazy night; took another trip to Sydney to see a footy game which involved beer drinking and eating meat pies, unfortunately our team lost to NZ by 1 point; had a sex trivia night at Evatt, where our block one best costume for our vaginamite costumes!
I have been having an amazing time and miss you all! Next I am off on another travelling expedition for Easter Break!
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Newcastle Uni, Australia
My first three weeks in Australia have gone by in an immense blur. I arrived in Sydney, and was picked up at the airport by Sim, who then drove me up to Newcastle, where I was lucky enough to stay at his brother's house for a few days before I could move on to campus. My first day in Newcastle I was able to enjoy a few wonderful swims in the ocean and experience some of the sites of the town.
Moving into Evatt House the next day was very exciting, I unpacked my bags, which, after living out of a car, was more thrilling than can be put into words. Most of the other students hadn't moved in yet, so it was pretty much me, a few Americans and all the Resident Advisers (RAs). I quickly came to realise that the RAs at Evatt, were going to be very different from those in Helmcken (my first year dorm). The RAs had organized a punch bowl for that night, which was made up of Goon (5L box wine) and a variety of juices. We enjoyed this punch bowl in the CAT room (the common room for Evatt Collage) where we played some games, including beer pong, King's Cup, and many others. The CAT room is rather impressive, with a large projector screen, sound system, ping pong table, pool table, fooze ball table and couches. A set up for some very good times.
Then on Sunday O-Week began...
All the first years and the rest of the internationals (who are 99.9% American) moved in and we had a BBQ and a getting-to-know-you evening. The week was jam packed full of events. We had a inter-collegiate day, where we played sports-day games, and then later went out on buses to Customs (a bar in Newcastle). We had a scavenger hunt with our block (aka building) and were forced to walk around Newcastle dressed in embarrassing costumes and take pictures doing some pretty funny things, including jumping off the pier and swimming in some of the dirtiest water ever (it compares to the marina water down at the Point).
For a more detailed and explicit version of O-Week please refer to my note posted on Facebook.
Classes began on Monday, and I was very excited by the fact that my 12 hours of class per week would be scheduled during Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, leaving me with a long 4 day weekend every week. The classes here are really not that different from at home, which was good to learn!
This past weekend, me and some of my fellow exchange students went on a surf trip up to Seal Rocks. It was unbelievably beautiful up there, and the beaches were surprisingly un-crowded, which made it even better. I worked on finessing my surfing skills, while most others had their first experiences on a surf board. We spent most of the day on Saturday surfing, and although we were exhausted that night, that didn't stop us from breaking some sort of record of number of pitchers consumed before diner. I am also happy to announce that my fellow Evatt friend, Cole, won Surf Camp Idol, which was rather exciting.
Now its back to another week of school, and unfortunately I had to make a trip to the doctor today due to an incessant cough. I guess I should have learned by now that my Mother is always right, and lack of sleep is correlated with getting sick!
Moving into Evatt House the next day was very exciting, I unpacked my bags, which, after living out of a car, was more thrilling than can be put into words. Most of the other students hadn't moved in yet, so it was pretty much me, a few Americans and all the Resident Advisers (RAs). I quickly came to realise that the RAs at Evatt, were going to be very different from those in Helmcken (my first year dorm). The RAs had organized a punch bowl for that night, which was made up of Goon (5L box wine) and a variety of juices. We enjoyed this punch bowl in the CAT room (the common room for Evatt Collage) where we played some games, including beer pong, King's Cup, and many others. The CAT room is rather impressive, with a large projector screen, sound system, ping pong table, pool table, fooze ball table and couches. A set up for some very good times.
Then on Sunday O-Week began...
All the first years and the rest of the internationals (who are 99.9% American) moved in and we had a BBQ and a getting-to-know-you evening. The week was jam packed full of events. We had a inter-collegiate day, where we played sports-day games, and then later went out on buses to Customs (a bar in Newcastle). We had a scavenger hunt with our block (aka building) and were forced to walk around Newcastle dressed in embarrassing costumes and take pictures doing some pretty funny things, including jumping off the pier and swimming in some of the dirtiest water ever (it compares to the marina water down at the Point).
For a more detailed and explicit version of O-Week please refer to my note posted on Facebook.
Classes began on Monday, and I was very excited by the fact that my 12 hours of class per week would be scheduled during Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, leaving me with a long 4 day weekend every week. The classes here are really not that different from at home, which was good to learn!
This past weekend, me and some of my fellow exchange students went on a surf trip up to Seal Rocks. It was unbelievably beautiful up there, and the beaches were surprisingly un-crowded, which made it even better. I worked on finessing my surfing skills, while most others had their first experiences on a surf board. We spent most of the day on Saturday surfing, and although we were exhausted that night, that didn't stop us from breaking some sort of record of number of pitchers consumed before diner. I am also happy to announce that my fellow Evatt friend, Cole, won Surf Camp Idol, which was rather exciting.
Now its back to another week of school, and unfortunately I had to make a trip to the doctor today due to an incessant cough. I guess I should have learned by now that my Mother is always right, and lack of sleep is correlated with getting sick!
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Duneiden - Lake Tekapo - Christchurch - Auckland
We arrived in Dunieden and there was some sort of fair going on in the center of town. We walked around for awhile and decided that we wanted to go see a movie later. First we hit up the grocer store and then went out to the park for a snack and a nap. We went to see The Pursuit of Happyness, which was very cute and then snuck into a campsite.
Unfortunately this entry includes a lot of driving time, however we also got to spend some time on some beautiful beaches. We arrived in a town that we thought we would stay in, but it wasn't very pretty and there was nothing going on, so we decided to continue on our drive and go to Lake Tekapo which is known for its very blue water.
True to its reputation, the lake was very pretty, and it was surrounded by snow capped mountains. We only got to spend half a day there though, because we needed to make tracks up to Christchurch. The drive was really nice, for quite a ways out of Tekapo the highway was lined with wild flowers of all different colours. We also made a stop at Shag Point, where we saw some Penguins. They were very cute, but looked pretty funny as they waddled around.
I liked Christchurch a lot more than I thought I would. I imagined as another big city like Auckland or Wellington, but it has a lot of character to it! We had some really good Greek food for diner, then bought some cookies and made a night of it back at the hostel. We stayed in the micro-camper for one last night, and although t was fun, I can't say I'm going to miss living out of a car all that much.
Now I am back in Auckland and am getting ready to fly to Australia today! I'm looking forward to staying in one place for awhile, and am interested to see what school is going to be like down here. I was sad to say bye to Ashley and have felt a little lost without her and AWE 610 (our car). It has been an amazing month, and I would highly recommend New Zealand for any traveller!
Unfortunately this entry includes a lot of driving time, however we also got to spend some time on some beautiful beaches. We arrived in a town that we thought we would stay in, but it wasn't very pretty and there was nothing going on, so we decided to continue on our drive and go to Lake Tekapo which is known for its very blue water.
True to its reputation, the lake was very pretty, and it was surrounded by snow capped mountains. We only got to spend half a day there though, because we needed to make tracks up to Christchurch. The drive was really nice, for quite a ways out of Tekapo the highway was lined with wild flowers of all different colours. We also made a stop at Shag Point, where we saw some Penguins. They were very cute, but looked pretty funny as they waddled around.
I liked Christchurch a lot more than I thought I would. I imagined as another big city like Auckland or Wellington, but it has a lot of character to it! We had some really good Greek food for diner, then bought some cookies and made a night of it back at the hostel. We stayed in the micro-camper for one last night, and although t was fun, I can't say I'm going to miss living out of a car all that much.
Now I am back in Auckland and am getting ready to fly to Australia today! I'm looking forward to staying in one place for awhile, and am interested to see what school is going to be like down here. I was sad to say bye to Ashley and have felt a little lost without her and AWE 610 (our car). It has been an amazing month, and I would highly recommend New Zealand for any traveller!
Queenstown & Alexandra
After river sledging we continued on to Queenstown. Pulling into town, I was reminded a bit of Whistler, with the wood cabins and funky shops and restaurants. There are two lakes in Queenstown and its surrounded by mountains, needless to say it is very beautiful. We grabbed a Ferg Burger for diner, which was absolutely delicious, but we were a bit shocked to see that this little restaurant sold t-shirts for 45 bucks a pop. We camped out of town that night at a DOC campsite that was really pretty and right on the lake, however it started raining which made Ashley and I very sad.
It was still raining the next morning, so we went into town and booked ourselves into a hostel and enjoyed a day of lounging and watching some of the worst movies I have ever seen. Ashley went down to the lobby to make a call to Nacho, a guy she met in Mexico when she was 15 and by random chance he stopped by our hostel with his friends who needed to use the Internet. Small world! We made plans to go visit them in Alexandra the next day and then went out and purchased a 3 litre box of wine for $20. Back at the backpackers we had a few drinks with our new roomies who were Irish, Scottish and Dutch. We played some games, which included drink while you think (and I fully confirmed that I am unbelievable horrible at that game) and of course king's cup. We hit up a few bars, but spent most of our time at Globe bar, where they were having a crazy hat contest, and of course Ashley was right in there!
We woke up the next day and enjoyed another Ferg Burger, and went for one of our typical naps in the park. I don't quite know why, but people tend to stare at us, as we lie there with our mattresses, blankets and pillows and enjoy a bit of a snooze on the grass. I guess this must be a weird thing to do, because we definitely get a lot of pointing smiling people looking at us!
We headed out to Alexandra, and met up with Nacho and his 4 other Mexican friends at their backpackers, which is just out of town. The cooked us a yummy meal of home-made potato soup, fish and veggies, plus a homemade salsa. For dessert, we had ice cream and lots of it. Because there are 5 of them and they all like different flavours, we had lots of ice cream to chose from. My personal favorite was the cookies and cream, sooo yummy! We went out that night and experienced some of the local flavour on Karaoke night. My personal favorite was the guy wearing short short rugby shorts, who sang almost every song, and left the bar later with a towel wrapped around his waist.
The next morning we went back to Queenstown, and not surprisingly, had another Ferg Burger. I really don't think I can describe how delicious they really are. We had planned on going to Milford Sound, which is suppose to me magnificent, however it was raining, and forcasted to rain the next day, and it was going to be a 9 hour drive there and back. Although I may regret it, we made the decision to head out to the east coast to Duneiden, and stopped off for one more night in Alexandra before we left.
It was still raining the next morning, so we went into town and booked ourselves into a hostel and enjoyed a day of lounging and watching some of the worst movies I have ever seen. Ashley went down to the lobby to make a call to Nacho, a guy she met in Mexico when she was 15 and by random chance he stopped by our hostel with his friends who needed to use the Internet. Small world! We made plans to go visit them in Alexandra the next day and then went out and purchased a 3 litre box of wine for $20. Back at the backpackers we had a few drinks with our new roomies who were Irish, Scottish and Dutch. We played some games, which included drink while you think (and I fully confirmed that I am unbelievable horrible at that game) and of course king's cup. We hit up a few bars, but spent most of our time at Globe bar, where they were having a crazy hat contest, and of course Ashley was right in there!
We woke up the next day and enjoyed another Ferg Burger, and went for one of our typical naps in the park. I don't quite know why, but people tend to stare at us, as we lie there with our mattresses, blankets and pillows and enjoy a bit of a snooze on the grass. I guess this must be a weird thing to do, because we definitely get a lot of pointing smiling people looking at us!
We headed out to Alexandra, and met up with Nacho and his 4 other Mexican friends at their backpackers, which is just out of town. The cooked us a yummy meal of home-made potato soup, fish and veggies, plus a homemade salsa. For dessert, we had ice cream and lots of it. Because there are 5 of them and they all like different flavours, we had lots of ice cream to chose from. My personal favorite was the cookies and cream, sooo yummy! We went out that night and experienced some of the local flavour on Karaoke night. My personal favorite was the guy wearing short short rugby shorts, who sang almost every song, and left the bar later with a towel wrapped around his waist.
The next morning we went back to Queenstown, and not surprisingly, had another Ferg Burger. I really don't think I can describe how delicious they really are. We had planned on going to Milford Sound, which is suppose to me magnificent, however it was raining, and forcasted to rain the next day, and it was going to be a 9 hour drive there and back. Although I may regret it, we made the decision to head out to the east coast to Duneiden, and stopped off for one more night in Alexandra before we left.
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