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Hi all here is an update from my Diary over the south island.
Sunday 20th of November
Today started the south island trip with an afternoon in Wellington with all the exchange students and afterwards a fantastic barbeque and afterwards Monday 21st of November;
At 6 ma we got picked up by the bus and we all went down to catch the ferry in Wellington. It took 4 hours to get to the south island and I think it was about 30 minutes late, but it didn't matter. After we got out of the boat with the bus we went down to the nearest place where we could eat the lunch our guides has brought from the north island, after that we went to Nelson where the "center of New Zealand" is placed. It took about 20-25 minutes' walk to get up to the point but when you first got their there was an amazing view over Nelson and over the sea. After that we went to our camping place where we are going to stay for the night and right now the dinner is cooking (19:41) and that's all for today.
Tuesday 22 of November;
After breakfast we all made our own lunch and went to our rooms to pack our bag so we could survive for the day. Then we all went out to a nature park called the tasman sea Walk. The walk was about 5 km each way, when we got half way we went down to the beach and some of us went out for a swim in the sea and after that we just relaxed on the beach. After the beach we went back to the bus and we were a bit tired everybody. When we got bag to the camp we have just relaxing. The whole day the sun have been out from a cloud free sky and it has been very warm and almost no wind so it couldn't be better at all.
Wednesday 23rd of November;
Today hasn't been the most exciting day because we have been driving in the bus most of the day and when we finally got out of the bus it was raining, but we had some fun time even though we were inside the bus.
Thursday 24th of November;
Today we travelled further down south. In the start of the trip we went out to see something called pancake rocks, which actually is pancakes made out of rocks. After that we went down to Greymouth so look around in the city and we had lunch at about 1 pm and just as we were finish with the lunch it started to rain so we packed everything away as quickly as possible, but it turned out that after 1-2 minutes the rain was gone again. After lunch we went out to shanty town to have a look around to see how they lived under the gold rush in New Zealand. Then for dinner we ate with the Greymouth rotary club in shanty town and then we went for our accommodation after the dinner.
Friday 25th of November;
Today we started with breakfast and afterwards we made our own lunch for the day. Then we started for a little bus drive for about 5 minutes down to the greenstone factory to see and hear about how they are making the greenstones, I think it was pretty amazing how the final figure is looking and how smooth it is. After the greenstone factory we went to Fox glacier and had a tour guide who took us up on the glacier which was pretty amazing first time ever on a glacier so it couldn't be better. After the glacier we went to our accommodation for the night and tomorrow we are going down to Wanaka to see the puzzle world.
Saturday 26th of November;
After breakfast we went to pack the bus for today´s bus drive which was about 3:30-4 hours long and we went to puzzle world where I met two of the other exchange students from Denmark and then after the puzzle world we went to our accommodation for the night. After dinner we all went down to the beach and some of the girls went for a swim in the cold water and after a little while we started to walk back to and on the way to the hostel I met the last exchange student from Denmark which was pretty amazing that all the districts from the north island is staying in the same town on the south island. Tomorrow we are going to Queenstown to do the bungy jump and that's all for today.
Sunday 27th of November
Today went from puzzle world down to Queenstown to do the bungy jump and then to our accommodation afterwards. But before we went to Queenstown we went to a city called not far from Queenstown and had lunch and afterwards a little wander in the city. The city is called Arrowtown and we met the exchange students from district 9930 and had a little chat with them before we went down to do the bungy jump. When we came to the bungy jump there was four of the girls which did the bungy jump, so it was pretty cool to watch them do it. At the same time as the bungy jump took place I brought my first cappuccino ever which actually was pretty good. Then in the evening after dinner, our tour guides had a surprise for us which was bowling, so we ended the day with bowling and a lot of fun.
Monday 28th of November
Today we was going to do jet boating from 9:00 am. We got picked up at 7:30 by a bus from the jet boat center and then we went for about 40 minutes drive to our destination. When we got there we got an info about how our day was going to happen and then afterwards we went to get all our wet suit gear on so we didn't get too wet when we was on the water racing in the boat and doing 360 degree turns and then when we got about 40 km. up the river we went out of the boat and in to canoes and started paddle in groups back down the river. At lunch time we was about half way down the river so we went in to the shore line and got all the canoes on the land so they didn't flowed away. When lunch was over we went back to the canoes and further down the river until we got to our final destination where a bus was waiting for us and a trailer in the back for the canoes. Then we went back to the center and changed in to our own cloth. We had to wait a little bit of time before the bus was ready to take us back to our accommodation and that is about everything we have done today.
Tuesday 29th of November
Today we have been shopping in Queenstown most of the day and for lunch we got Subway which was pretty good. Then at 3 pm we went back to the hostel and got changed for the dinner. We went down to Queenstown again to get the skyline up to the restaurant and when we got up there we experienced a haka by the maori people and afterwards dinner up there. We had the most amazing view out of the windows which showed the landscaped in the evening with the sun shining on the mountains and down on the river and that was pretty much what we did today oh by the way I brought some presents for both my big brothers and I also brought something for myself.
Wednesday 30th of November;
Today have I been on a Lord of the rings tour. I got picked up at 10:00 am and then afterwards I went with the tour to Queenstown to get three others for the tour. After we had picked them up we went up towards The dart river where we were doing jet boating yesterday. We saw where they had filmed one of the scenes for the second movie and afterwards we went back to Queenstown and out to where we did the bungy jump, but we didn't go over to the bungy jump we went to the other side of it to get a better view over the river, because they had filmed another scene there and I think it was for the second movie too. Then we went back to Queenstown to get lunch and afterwards we went out to one more spot before we got to see the weapons and try them our self.
Thursday 1st of December;
Today we have been travelling a lot to get to Milford Sound so we could get to our stay for the night which was on the Milford Wander which apparent is a boat, so it is pretty amazing so stay on a boat for a night even thought I have tried it before, it is something different doing it in another country and with no one from the family. That´s pretty much what I have been doing today with the group.
Friday 2 of December;
Today we woke up on the Milford Wanderer and I got a pretty got breakfast which was bacon, sausages and egg, it couldn't be better after a long while without egg and bacon. Afterwards we went out to the Tasman Sea for a quick look at the bay and then afterwards we went back into the harbour and back to Te Anau and then after lunch we went to our accommodation in Te Anau for the night. That´s pretty much what we have been doing today.
Saturday 3rd of December;
Today we went from Te Anau to Dunedin which was a pretty long bus drive which was pretty boring in the end but when we finally got there we went to start which the Beer factory to see how they are making the beer and after the tour we got to try a little bit of how the beer tasted like and after that we went to the chocolate factory and got a small tour in the factory to see how they are making the chocolate and we got to taste how liquor chocolate tasted like love and after the chocolate factorywe went to our accommodation for the night. We went out for dinner down to town and on the restaurant there was a pretty funny waiter which we believed had taken some sort a drug, even though he hadn't. That´s all for today.
Sunday 4th of December;
Today we have been travelling from Dunedin to the Antarctic centre where we got to try a simulator to show how they were living down on the south pole and how cold it could be when the wind got up to storm strength, afterwards we got to try one of the vehicles that they are using on the south pole and after that we went to Christchurch to see how the city looked like after the two earthquake there had been last September and in February this year. It was amazing that there still was a long way before the town is up at its normal function again. Then we went to our accommodation for the night and that´s all for today.
Monday 5th of December;
We started off after breakfast going down to just outside Christchurch with shopping for two hours even though I didn't be anything else than a cappuccino, afterwards we went for a long drive to Kaikoura which lasted for 2,5 hour and when we got there we got our rooms sorted and afterwards we got some free time in Kaikoura town and in the evening we got out to eat because it was our last night on the south island. That is all for today.
Tuesday 6th of December;
Today is our last day on the south island which is pretty sad, but at the same time it is good to come back to the north island. We started the day off going out to the dolphins to swim with the. At the time we got out there I was a little afraid of going in the water. I tried to go out to the edge
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