So basically on the way to Franz there isn't a massive amount going on so kiwi experience have set up a little deal with an ower of a pub on the way there, we get to hire out the whole lodge and he gets customers in his lodge in the middle of nowhere! We pulled up and this adorable little old man gets up on the mic at the front of the bus and lets us know the rules of our stay and what was happening that night.. he started swearing away, talking to us about shagging each other ect which is not what you expect to hear from a tiny little old dude! The way kiwi have decided to set it up is that 'poo pub' is a fancy dress stop which every single bus does and each bus choses a theme so we chose to have a 'p party' (everyone dresses up as something beginning with the letter p) and the next day we would all vote for best dressed and they get a free canyon swing once we hit Queenstown.. so obviously everyone made loads of effort and before reacing the lodge we had stopped off to get supplies for our outfits. So got into our rooms, all the girls and our token guy of the crew Matt and started making the outfits before dinner. At 6 a bell when off and it was dinner time yay.. the owner of the lodge and his wife had russled up an epic buffett which included steak, venison stew, roasties, salad, pasta... ahh it was so tasty! We all guzzeled down our food then went to prepare ourselves.. for some reason I was a parrot. Basically I had seen a multi-coloured wig in a store and decided I wanted to wear it and just made an outfit around the wig, bright blue latex leotard..multicoloured mohawk wig.. yellow shorts and purple tights with a pair of gold wings- i looked fit. Everyone made loads of effort, especially stingray who decided to go as a penknife, she made the outfit out of tin foil and looked epic- clearly was the winner from the start. The night seemed to start slowly but as we were all drinking wine by the bottle (a bottle each may i add) it didnt take long for things to get messy. I started throwing pennies around, making people down their drinks and they got me back in return, getting people to do press-ups in the MINE game (if someone says 'mine' they have to do 10 press-ups no matter where they are) and we had control of a juke box so basically we all started playing really old trasy songs and dancing like teenagers to them. Was an amazingly fun night, so many of us together and we were just loving life basically, sum up of the night includes lots of downing drinks, dirty dancing, jumping on people, playing a very interesting game of pool, me declaring my love for stingray while straddeling her on the floor, me spending about half an hour trying to put my wig on once it fell off and just basically running around like a looney.. Gutted when the pub closed and ended up wondering around the complex with Max, holding a sheet over our heads because of the rain going on a 'stingray hunt'.. basically i wanted to find stingray and was determained so was knocking on everyones doors to see where she was- no sign so ended up in my own room and everyone passed out with like 3 people per bed.

Next morning I got on the bus looking like a complete knob, still wearing my wig and loads of make up on.. went straight to the back of the bus and passed out. We stopped off at this centre on the way for lunch and tried my first bit of possom pie which was interesting and they had a little musuem there so went and wondered around that where i then saw my first possum..bit odd as id just munched on its pal.

Poo pub. Where do I start. It's a fancy dress night kiwi ex put on at this random lodge on the way to Franz Josef and each bus has to pick a theme. So, we chose to have a 'P party'. Basically, everyone comes as something that begins with the letter P. Simple. The compitition is really on though because theres a vote for best dressed and whoever wins gets a FREE canyon swing in Queenstown! So, on the way to 'Poo Pub' we stopped off to get bits and bobs for our costumes and everyone was being really sneaky about their outfits ect.

When we finally got to the pub we went for a little snooze and then at 6 was dinner and OMG the food was amazing. It was a buffet which was all homemade food cooked by the owners of the lodge- I'll tell you more about him later. And we got a massive piece of steak, venison stew, roasties, colslaw, veggies AHH it was amazing! By the end of it we were stuffed which isnt ideal when your about to get into a bright blue latex leotard...

Getting ready was very amusing as everyone was pretty much making their outfits from scratch- mine was a bit pants but I just fancied being really colourful and fdor some reason really wanted to wear a wig sooo I went as a 'punky parrot'. In our room we also had... Pocahontus, Pippa Middleton, a Pharaoh, Peter Pan and Pillow fight. We were all pretty impressed with our outfits and Pharoah had gone to so much effort we were convinced he would be in the running to win it the next day. Then we saw Stingray. OH MY GOD. Talk about effort and originality. She came as a bloody PENKNIFE! Out of tin foil she managed to make it all and she looked amazing.. winners cap gone to her straight away! Not going into details of the night but it turned messy, lots of coin games going round, the MINE game (if someone says the word 'mine' they have to do 10 press-ups) and playing lots of stupid old school songs on the duke box, jumping on people, playing pool very drunk- epic. Then we all went back to our room and ended up with like 2 people per bed because everyone wanted to stay together!

Morning after.. bus at 8am. Not fun. Got on the bus with my multi-coloured wig still on my head and still feeling pretty pissed. Just fell asleep at the back with Matt and Ally. Then it was time to vote and obviously Stingray won- Matt (Pharaoh) was so unimpressed you couldn't help but laugh. Anyway, after about an hour of being hungover on a bus and trying not to laugh at the sulking 27 year old, we stopped off at 'Bushman centre' to get some food ect. There was also a little musuem thing attatched which we could have a wonder through. They also had a speciality dish at the centre- possom pie. Basically, pies are like a very normal thing to have as a snack- they sell them at every single gas store and snack shop. In this area, possoms are a pest. Hense- possom pies. So naturally we HAD to try one but there was only one left in the shop so we ordered it between about 10 of us and all had a mouthful each. Not a fan. It's very strange..tastes like chicken but texture of tuna- my mind didn't like it. Anyway, after my possom pie experience I went to the musuem thing with Max where they had live possoms which you could have a look at and feed. I had just eaten this poor possoms pal and now I'm feeding it cereal- little messed up me thinks!?