Best Western Aberdeen Motel - Dunedin

... practically next door and is gorgeous, as you'll see in the photo. Then we went to the very center of town, which is in an octagon shape. We saw the statue of Robert Burns and lots of beautiful churches. We ate roasted pumpkin soup for lunch, with cheese rolls (rolled up bread slices around melted cheese), a flat white and a long black, and it was great. Then we walked to the Otago Museum ...

... circumstances where this would come up. <br><br>Our next stop was Dunedin; a city built as an exact replica of Edinburgh. The mistake they made was designing the town in England before they set off. When they arrived, all pleased at their idea of copying another city, they realised the patch of land they'd set aside was full of huge hills &#8211; including the steepest hill in the world &#8211; but they went ahead and built it anyway. Good for them. The weekend we ...

... returning from their day at sea to their chicks. This site closes at 4:45pm in Winter, again there are also 100's of seals. It gets dark here early in winter so the drive back in the dark. We had diner at the Scotia Restaurant and Whiskey Bar at the old Railway Station (a site in it's own right).<br>On Friday we went to an old house call Olverston, a tour of the Cadbury Chocolate Factory and the a Tour of the Speights Brewery.<br>On Saturday i

... lunch at the YHA before getting on the next bus to Christchurch, one of the hostel staff comes up to us with a serious face, "I am the bearer of bad bews". Joel's mind immediately jumps to the backpacks which we left in reception while out for the morning, "the backpacks have been nicked'. 'No, but when I was in your room after you checked out I found bedbugs". I had actually been itching around the ankles but had ignored it as so far we have ...

... 20 people was using the same area as an overnight stop but none of the competitors arrived until about 1am from their all day cycle and then departed again at dawn for a 15km swim down the river which was full of grade 2 rapids. Yesterday we went kayaking in Doubtful Sound rather than join the 3-6000 tourists that go to Milford Sound every day and swapped the 5hr drive for a one hour boat ride across Lake Manapouri. After the boat ride we had a short bus ...

... ozone above it? that makes for pretty strong rays of sunlight.. not to mention extremely dangerous UV rays... anyways, after a cold evening in our camper van.. still no name for it yet... (remember, we are taking suggestions) we booked two tours that we were pretty excited about... eunice was all about the Cadbury Chocolate Factory Tour, complete with chocolate waterfall, and i was pretty stoked about the Speights Brewery Tour! first ...

... If you stay in the Lodge you have fantastic views over the inlet to Dunedin and can eat in the Castle, which we did. It's set up in the dining room as if it were a dinner party which all the guests around one table, lit by candlelight and with a log fire. Between courses we were entertained by someone telling the facts and myths of the castle and it's history. We ate with a retired couple from Melbourne and a honeymoon ...

... nicht so zuverlaessig aus. Aber entgegen unseren Erwartungen hat er uns heil nach Dunedin gebracht. Da es geregnet hat, haben wir beide unsere Regenhuellen ausgepackt und erst mal unsere Rucksaecke geschuetzt. Wir sahen so lustig aus: Mein grosser Rucksack war in koenigsblau verpackt, mein kleiner Rucksack in zitronengelb und ich zwischendrin in strahlendem orange. Und Lena nebendran etwas unauffaelliger in braun und gelb. Leider gibt es davon keine Bilder, denn die Kamera war im ...

... s chocolate factory where we took a tour around the production facilities and collected our free samples on the way around. The highlight was when we were taken into a big purple silo and watched a ton of chocolate pour out of bucket infront of our eyes! Then we checked into a hotel where we got an upgrade and a free bottle of wine with our half price dinner - not bad. Next morning we were up and off early (well, 10am) and drove out along ...

... the last six months so it is definitely time to head north. Our route now goes through the Mount Cook area so let's hope for good weather. As I write we still need to book our ferry crossing and rearrange our flight, present plan is to head for the North Island just before Easter. Watch this space.<br>Our clocks went back this weekend, yours go forward next weekend, so we will be down to a mere 11 hours ahead. I do enjoy being able to telephone from tomorrow!