Two Idiots Go Travelling

Putting the card trauma of the previous day to one side, we were determined to have a good time today, as it was our very last day with Claire, who was selfishly leaving us for the last phase of her trip in Tonga the next day. And so when your best travelling buddy who you’ve [...]

Of course, the majority of today was spent recovering from the previous night’s occurrences in our oaken bunk-beds. Eventually though, we felt it was time to brave the chilling South Island air, and venture out of the cabin for a proper mooch around Queenstown. Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t long during our mooch that we located an [...]

We awoke today in the usual unfamiliar surroundings, which this time were part of the only hostel we could find in the whole of Queenstown to have a free room for a few nights, on the outskirts of the town-centre. It’s an interesting example of interior design, a 1960s, wood-pine dream. But there was a [...]

Despite the fact that we were planning to stay in Queenstown for a good two weeks, the early starts for the Kiwi bus were still very much a feature of our lives as we struggled out of bed at 5.45am this morning. Of course, our reason for catching a kiwi bus today was the eagerly [...]

On seeing my reflection in the communal bathroom mirror this morning, I half expected there to be icicles hanging from my eyebrows due to last night’s freezing episode. Fortunately, I was icicle free and just the usual degree of NZ cold. There was not much time to dwell on this however, as we had to [...]

Despite the fact that this morning, Sam’s alarm (which we had selected to be a delightful recording of Simon loudly snoring back in Mercury Bay) sounded a good 15 minutes later than it had done yesterday, it was not any easier to gather the energy to get out from under our duvets and into the [...]

Predictably, the one and only wall heater in our little stable-abode was mounted above my bed. Due to this, I had spent every hour of last night periodically reaching up to switch it back on every time it cut out. What with this fact, the eye-wateringly low temperature of all things outside of my duvet, [...]

It’s safe to say that the majority of bus crew were feeling delicate this morning as we climbed back on board under Les’ steely glare. We didn’t have long to melt into our seats in a post-alcoholic coma, as Buzz was straight back on the PA system, with news that we were to shortly make [...]

Shockingly, the first thoughts that sluggishly crossed my mind this morning did not concern the beauty of our location, the luxurious comforts of a double bed, or even how the hell Rachel had managed to wriggle herself into possessing the entire duvet during the night, leaving me so cold I was struggling to feel all [...]

There was a slight sprinkling of anticipation between Rach, Claire, Sam (who was still hanging with us, despite not partaking in our highly successful Abel Tasman jaunt the previous day) and I as we awoke in the freezing hostel room this morning. This was due to the fact that for the second time during our [...]