Windy windy Wellington!
Trip Start
Jun 08, 2007
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Trip End
Jul 05, 2007
Wellington,
New Zealand
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
It's rained most of the day today too which is a shame cos the city is so nice and we didn't really do as much here as we could have done. Never mind. If or more to the point when I come back to New Zealand, I will definetly make sure I fly into the capital rather than Auckland. It's so much more relaxed, cosmopolitan, cleaner and far less threatening after dark.
After breakfast, we did a little clothes shopping to prepare for our next four days in Queenstown. We stumbled upon a great shop and to continue the tone of this trip, all three of us bought matching Oakley jackets for 40 quid each. Couldn't really leave 'em on the hanger for that price could we?? I'm sure there's gonna be a team foto with us sporting our matching jumpers, coats and rucksacks posted on here before too long
A stones throw from Antarctica
!A trip on the Wellington cable car to the botanical gardens preceded a few pints of Guinness and lunch at the Black Harp in Wellington's CBD - highly recommended on both counts!
And then off to Te Papa, the national museum of New Zealand. Soak up the culture and the history eh boys!
A quiet and cold night out in Wellington included trips to numerous sparsely populated bars but the highlight of the evening was "Chow", an Asian cuisine serving 2 for 1 in Courtnay Place. Fill your boots gentlemen!! I don't feel as uncomfortably full after last nights culinary extravanganza but nevertheless, it was quality tucker! Incidentally, we've now managed to book no less than 11 taxis, 2 takeaway pizza's and 3 restaurant tables in the name of "Fennell" from Japan to New Zealand and we didn't sour on any of em! So Paul - your name is clean in all the places we've visited so far should you visit them in future!!
We're on a flight at 10.00am in the morning to Queenstown for the next part of our adventure - 4 days skiing, sky diving and bungee jumping. However, the snow has been falling heavily down there in the South Island for the past few days and there is a chance that the airport might be closed. Fingers crossed for no more cos they've had 500mm since Saturday and it's all over the news here.
Until then.......adios (or whatever the Maori's say)
C
Comments
Weather, Snow and Rain.
Well I hope you get to Queenstown. There has been mention of the snow in the Southern Alps here on the news too. Not a big story mind, these Aussies not being interested in anything or anybody that is not Australian, bastards.
Clear skies, warm in the day and cool at night they said. It didn't stop raining for over 24 hours. Finally the sun has come out this morning.
Have fun in the snow. Break a leg.
Mark.