Back on the Road! The West Coast

Trip Start Sep 05, 2007
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Trip End May 01, 2008


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Where I stayed
Poo Pu
(Auckland hotels)

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Saturday, April 12, 2008

My ride to Nelson was courtesy of Graham, an elderly dairy farmer from the Golden Bay area. My group had dissolved and split up by now, so that I was all alone.

Graham had a hearing aid and shouted. I had to shout back so he would hear. He had driven by me and scoped me out previously in order to get a "feel", he said. Not a lot of people pick up male hitchers, apparently it was my "hello" that sold him. The ride to Nelson was enjoyable with the standard talk being shot back and forth, as well as a little bit of politics and a few comments about the kids these days.

I stayed one more uneventful night in the Paradiso before hopping back on the Kiwi Bus.

Our first stop was at Westport. An unremarkable little town with a beach that takes too long to walk to. The trip to Westport took us through the beautiful Nelson Lake Park, with some beautiful scenery.

The next night took us to Lake Mahanapua and the notorious Poo Pub. A kiwi Experience only hostel and the home of the Kiwi Bus' infamous fancy dress party.

The theme of the party was "tight and bright". I dressed up as Borat in a "man-kini", complete with hair and suberglued-on moustache. Sniffing super-glue all night led to a terrible headache, my sinuses being burned, me getting high and terrible waxing-of-the-upper-lip experience. It was all worth it however as I won first prize; a river-boarding trip in Queenstown. Sexy Time!!
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