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right this is gonna be a mammoth blog so someone better read it cos its gonna hurt my fingers so very much and i'd much rather be drinking a beer right now, but we keep this up just so all you at home can wish you were doing the same things we are now and not your boring everyday jobs.......(should-up!)
17th aug- woke up due to the fact that there were no blinds on the window in our room, we then headed out for an all day breakfast before hitting the beach and sunbathing for the rest of the day. before we left the beach calver could not help himself and had to do some flips off the dunes (what a big kid he is), looked pretty cool though, gta say. went out for tea and to an irish bar for a couple of pints and a manly chat sat at the bar, arrrggghhh were such men! we dislike surfers, its really takky and nothing like byron.
18th aug- today we got our 14 hour bus back to sydney, but before that we managed to squeeze in a cheeky water park visit, like you do. the park was empty meaning we got to do every ride about 5 times and some of them were really good fun. also relaxed in a whirlpool and did some topping up of the tan. grabbed a macdonalds before catching our marathon of a bus journey. listened to about 5 albums, watched a film and fell in out of sleep until we arrived in sydney at half 6 in the morning.
19th aug- we booked into wake-up for the night and got some sleep until we were awoken by the loudest snoring in the world (maybe except from richard, lydias stepdad) at 11. had a good shower for the first time in afew days, ate some breakey and went into the city. went to an art gallery, a bit s***, just loads of old stuff. sat in the park for a bit watching people exercise, made us think we should do some but oh well. walked round the shops for a bit, brought a sandwich and ate it in another park. back at the hostel we watched superbad and surfs up wich were well funny. went to the gaff for a free meal and a pint. bed.
20th aug- caught the bus to the airport and flew to auckland. flight went real fast. flying in over new zealand is awesome, cool ass sceneary (if thats how you spell it, i tell you what i think i shuold get a free mac too, i can't spell either, its rubbing off on me spending to much time with matthew). got asked so many questions by sercurity in the airport, quite un-nerving. got the air bus to nowhere near our hostel, so had to walk about 20 mins. hostel was a bit of a dive but had a room to ourselves. got some tea back in the centre, then went to a bar and had a couple of pints whilst watching some snowboarding dvd. finish our beers and went to a cool pool hall for half an hour. back to the room and bed.
21st aug- checked out of our hostel and into the yha for one night as its more central. went exploring around the city for the day. ended up down the harbour looking at massive boats, thinking when we get back we might buy one on pauls credit card, don't think he'll mind, matt says he likes boats!.....................only joking paul. sat in apark for a bit watching some skateboards before going to a internet cafe to check up on things. for the rest of the day we chilled, played some pool, cooked some pasta, played some pigs and went for a couple of beers. watched die-hard. calver sleept in the squeekiest bed in the world.
22nd aug- busy day. caught our plane to queenstown in the morning and arrived around midday. got met at the airport by a rep and taken to our hostel. really nice hostel, its a base. got some lunch then went and hired our gear for snowboarding, got a really good price. calver didnt like his board. we got given a free night ski at coronet peak so caught the bus up there and took full advantage. had a really good session i picked it up again really quickly but calver still bombed it on past, show off! got cold and headed back. ate pasta for tea and went to the bar to watch the rugby, nz beat the aussies so all gd.
23rd aug- we were gna get up at half 7, but after putting my alarm on snooze constanly for 2 hours we got up at half 9, haha. got dressed after some nesquick of course and got the bus up the mountain. had another good day of boarding in the sun. kept up with calver a bit better 2day. shared some lunch with our dwindling funds and carried on boarding until bout 4ish when we called it a day. had sausages in spaghetti on toast for tea, proper childhood meal. went to the bar for a pint as always. ate some skittles and slept.
24th aug- woke up nearly on time this morning. ate nesquick and headed up the remarkables today. after a drive up a sketchy mountainside road we reached the ski field. really nice sunny weather again. rode a few rails and did some jumps in the morning and some runs, but they were really short so after lunch we went up the otherside and rode some longer runs which were fun. on the way back down the sketchy road our bus had to stop as the brakes werent working properly.....great......swapped into another bus and made it back safely. had eggs on toast, followed by cookies and tea for dinner tonite, so exciting. couple of pints in the bar and listened to some s***e kareoke before hitting the hay.
25th aug- woke up to rain this morning but decided to head up the mountain anyway as it was our last day boarding. actually turned out to be pretty good, snow was sticky from the rain, but still had a laugh. pretty much the same routine as yesterday. really good fun, wish we had more days of boarding. we treated ourselves to a massive macdonalds for tea tonite cos we felt like it and it actually filled us up. whilst in macdonalds we were meet by si matthews!! so weird havent seen him for ages and he just turns up in queenstown, such a small world as your mother would say. calver beat me at chess again. had one beer tonight, back to the room and pissed about abit. good times.
thats all for now, enjoy.
take care
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