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... all the time looking for costume ideas and cheap clothing.

The Poo pub is run by an eccentric 83 year old who happens to be the oldest publican in New Zealand, called Uncle Les. Check out the pictures, I go as a punk and Steph as Harry Potter. Lee wins the best costume, dressed as Pamela Anderson. His prize a canyon swing in Queenstown.

... potions!! The next morning we left Wanaka and went for a trip in the Matukituki valley and walked up the Rob Roy valley to see a retreating glacier. Highlight was a waterfall that went upwards; very confused. Lowlight was walking through fields of very big cows when a helicopter with lazy American tourists in came by and buzzed the cows making them run around us. Never seen cows run or jump over gulleys before ...

Lake Mahinapua was another stop in the middle of no where down the west cloast which was a themed party night organised by Kiwi. We were not too keen on the idea of dressing up but got into the spirit of it. The theme was binbags and we managed to fashion a nun and priest costume out of black and white binbags. The hostel was close to the beach and we ...

... waves! you can see when you are along the west coast that when they say its rugged it really is!! but lovely and here was even black sand, strange but nice as it wasnt sticky at all!! then anna met her brother and went off to the glaciers! alone again! she was really nice too! i watched the sunset again, but walking down the river this time, and again got some great photos but there was a huge line of cloud right on the horizon so you couldnt get the really low sunset pix, still good ...

... Perfect. He could nurse the bus home. To his credit, he drove the last 200km or so almost without a clutch. Switching gears on the revs and taking back roads to try and avoid any traffic. He got us there, tho the bus pretty much had to be pushed into the garage. The evening was pretty much a $10 roast, which was excellent, and two beers for $6. Well I had to have two, because otherwise it would have been one beer for $6 which wasn't good ...

... random farmers field just a few minutes from town. I ran to the chopper with my head down just like in the movies, put my seat belt and headphones on and we we were off. After 5 minutes in the air we returned back to the field to pick up another 2 people who had arrived late. I thought sweet, I've just had a free 5 minutes in the air! I sat in the front next to the pilot with the controls right in front of me, what a cool machine. We took off for a second time and headed up the ...

... pick us up. The driver (a girl with strange hair coloring) gave us Mr. Toad's wild ride down the road and we arrived in record time I am sure. The tour was interesting; the man who was telling us about the brewery was a pretty nice guy who apparently had a little farm outside of town with sheep and pigs; so we were able to talk a little about the animal experiences we had with 4-H. The BBQ was not quite the Santa Maria that we are ...

... een vreselijke hekel aan de beesten. De possum pie smaakte overigens prima. Ingecheckt bij pub accommodation. Goedkoop en ik had de kamer voor mijzelf. En ik kreeg er zelf een handdoek bij!!! Woensdag 7 Mei Vandaag even uitgewaaid bij het strand. De weersvoorspelling is slecht voor de middag en heb geen activiteiten geboekt. 's Middags in een cafe de foto's ...

... overgebracht en hebben daarom dus geen natuurlijke vijanden. Er zijn nu onderhand 17 miljoen possums die alles eten wat ze maar tegenkomen en
wat de Nieuw-Zeelanders lief is: van Kiwi-eieren tot de wortels van bomen op de bergen. De regering van NZ staat nu toe dat mensen met een geweer onbeperkt possums neerschieten en als je er eentje aanrijdt met de auto is dat "Good on ya!". Ik heb al mensen vol trots horen claimen dat ze meer dan 1000 possums gedood ...