DAY 18 - CHRISTCHURCH it's New Years Day and a rather sedate one. get up around 1.30. take a wander into town with jenna and steve. we go to burger king and end up spending the next 2 and a half hours there, just like when i was about 14, making a drink last as long as possible. free refills this itime though. infact we are acting like 14 year olds , quite comical how 3 grown up s act so stupid when bored and hungover. jenna is a smart , she tells us how she ...

DAY 18 - CHRISTCHURCH it's New Years Day and a rather sedate one. get up around 1.30. take a wander into town with jenna and steve. we go to burger king and end up spending the next 2 and a half hours there, just like when i was about 14, making a drink last as long as possible. free refills this itime though. infact we are acting like 14 year olds , quite comical how 3 grown up s act so stupid when bored and hungover. jenna is a smart , she tel...

DAY 17 - CHRISTCHURCH It's NYE.... have a bit of a lay in this morning before starting the day with a healthy breakfast, a fry up at warners. we bump into nick who joins us. myself neil, steve and candice head off to the gondola up yet another mountain to llook at the views over the town and beach and lakes, guess what no waterfalls. canduice makes us promise not to rock the gondola. at the top we wait around the gift shop for a while, take a look ar...

DAY 16 - LAKE OHAU TO CHRISTCHURCH its the last day of the tour, :-( while alot of people have great views from thier room overlooking the lake, we have the view of the coach, just beyond that we can see the camp gas station. which is nice. breakfast is nice. today we make tracks towards christchurch we follow the southern lakes to a hydroelectricity scheme around impressive blue water lakes and the ever present southern alps as the backdrop. we ...

DAY 15 - QUEENSTOWN TO LAKE OHAU good start to the day, locked out of the room and i have a nosebleed. which is nice. i come very close to vomiting by the bus when i take the bags out to the coach. we have this morning to do as we please until we leave for lake ohau at 1.30. i spend a few minutes on the internet, say goodbye to paul and joanne who are also leaving today for a few days in fiji, before meeting up with neil, kate, kevin and laurel for a...