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... at Mandeley Farm watching a sheep round-up, shearing and having a lovely spot of tea with the lady of the house. The breathtaking scenery firmed my desire to visit NZ again, and hopefully soon. This remains my favorite country in the world for beautiful scenery and lack of crowds and big cities. I am nature girl and this place suits me perfect!<br><br>Back in town we stopped at the Christchurch ...

... our trusty van and home for the past month, our Abel! It was a sad moment. Although I did feel like I could finally relax now that we had made it through the month and returned the van without either of us crashing it or getting crashed in to! Phew! (I know we got broken in to, but that was covered by the standard insurance so it didn&#8217;t really matter) They didn&#8217;t notice that we had broke some of the ****** plastic knives and forks ...

... and hope that our muscles wouldn't seize up.<br><br>We stopped at a couple other places on the west coast before we headed inland to a place called Wanaka. It is such a great little town, we spent 4 days here in the end, we didn't want to leave at the end. Andy and I had decided that we were going to do a skydive when we got to Wanaka. When we checked into the hostel, we asked them to book it for the following day. We were then told that the ...

... Kiwi border official. Realising the effect no sleep must have had on my appearance and eyes in particular, I explained this in the hope of being allowed through immigration into the welcoming world of steak and cheese pies. Thorough immigration and onwards to my digs, I quickly changed and headed out for a stroll around and a pie. Heading towards Sydenham I wandered past some quirky vintage stores and $5 record stores ...

... Josef, while SquawJenny &amp; Ol' Dolly made a b-line for the public voting booths. Had 'em bluffed at first. Sure are different. You push a button and the door opens. Enter, push a button and the door shuts. A voice pronounces that the door will remain locked automatically for a maximum of 6mins (don't bother reading). Then the music starts and "What The World Needs Now" oozes from the speakers, which really opens the sluice gates (no need for laxatives). You push a button for ...

... they are the biggest rock band on the planet right? It was "Girl you look so beautiful, tonight" (or whatever the real name of the song is) that they played at the We Are One concert in DC. Ok, as I said, understandable...but then the music switched to an old school version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." I really did not expect to hear an old Negro Spiritual at 1000 meters in the backcountry mountains of New Zealand ...

... Sound overnight. So the same storm system has disrupted my plans in two different places for two different days! I was quite irritated, but there was nothing to do. I could have rented a car and driven to Milford Sound, but the drive is pretty long and I would not have been back in time for my flight back to Christchurch. There was another tour company that flies there, but they had cancelled due to weather also. My next thought was, maybe I could go ...

... un petit igloo et une motoneige. Ils y simulent un blizzard a -23 degres avec les vents, le bruit de vent et tout. Bon je dois avouer, j'ai pas été capable de résister et j'y suis aller, ils faut ben être touriste jusqu'au bout. Alors je suis la et j'attends, j'attends. Il y a trois filles des Philippines qui hurlent de douleur et de plaisir... Hummmm mauvaise formulation mais vous comprenez l'idée. Et le blizzard ...

... we would settle at; comfortable, but still pretty cheap. Then it was on to our next proper stop, Akaroa, to try to swim with dolphins. It would also be our home for Christmas. We actually managed to get booked in for the same day we arrived, so we headed out to the relatively rough bay on the hunt for Hector's Dolphins, the smallest dolphins in the world. We had a couple of sightings including one that jumped out of the water, apparently very rare ...

... was fantastic. It was very weird speaking to them at 11am UK time and 12am midnight NZ time, but it was great to catch up!<br><br>Katie is now speaking with her parents, which will obviously be a bit harder than the Fey call, but she has a wonderful family who will all pull together and help each other get through this horrible time, of that I'm absolutely positive. <br><br>Today was a really weird day, funny and sad, bizarre and exciting, so we ...