Nov 7 - 9
Some people were heading down south for the weekend, so I decided to go with them. We were 12 in total and we all met at Blair’s house, then left in three different cars. People on the trip were: Dhugal, Blair, Rohan, and Jes from Australia; Maria from Indonesia; Steph from Canada; [...]

Posted on November 21st, 2008 by admin
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Oct 31 - Nov 7
Every time I board a plane, I hand my ticket over and get a weird panicky feeling that they’ll say it’s invalid or something and not let me on. I guess it has something to do with the fact that all my tickets were prearranged and I don’t ever remember having [...]

Posted on November 12th, 2008 by admin
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Oct 28 – 30
I arrived in Christchurch around 2pm. Nicky and Kat (the girls I met in Te Anau) said I could stay with them at their place. They weren’t going to be back at their house until around 7, so I had a few hours to kill.

I dropped my stuff off at Malte’s hostel [...]

Posted on November 12th, 2008 by admin
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Oct 27 - 28
After a 5 hour hike and a long drive, we arrived in Dunedin around 10am. We were really hungry, super tired, and we had no idea where we were going to find a hostel that would let us in so late. Luckily we found one – The Elm Lodge, a great hostel [...]

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by admin
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Oct 25 - 26
The bus ride from Te Anau to Gore was pretty short (only about 1 hr 45 min). It was freezing outside and it was a huge relief when Sam showed up in the car to pick us up. After burning her CDs on a disk, finding some fuel for the stove, and [...]

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by admin
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