Quest complete! Queenstown baby!
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5 months and 1700km (1056 miles) later, I've finally arrived in Queenstown! How can I describe my excitement…
So close yet so far!
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So for the second time in a week, I am holed up in a backpacker because of bad weather! Now I am at lake Tekapo, if I could ride every day from tomorrow on, I would arrive in Queenstown in exactly a week. Somehow I don't think thats going to happen!
Going to Queenstown with an aching heart.
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Well its that time again. As some of you have probably noticed, I haven't been as in touch as much as I would like.
Letter to my mum
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Hey mum!
La vida loca!
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Hey ya'll!
I've been riding my ass off for about a week and I am now finally in Christchurch! Its been a good trip, good riding, good people, good everything. I dont have many words that can describe it. I let the pictures do the talking.
12 hour madness
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Well now that I have control of my fingers enough to type again I figure I'd tell you about this weekend, and the Blues Brews and BBQ festival. This is kiwi drinking culture at its best!
Rest in peace, SS Waverly
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Hey dad this one is for you!
Today, unlike most days in sunny Blenheim, turned out to be an exciting day. Sitting around the backpacker is no fun, so me and 2 of my friends decided to go for a walk in the Wairau lagoons, basically where all the sewage from the town goes to get processed. Little did we know there was a shipwreck waiting for us down by the sea! What they were thinking trying to navigate through the swamp I do not know, but it a sight to see!
I noticed a strange feature. If you look at the 3rd photograph, you’ll notice there is a huge gaping hole in the hull. All the metal around it is also bent inwards, now, I’ve played a few videogames in my life, and I can tell you thats no regular decay! I think this ship was sunk by a human enemy.
The SS waverly is decaying and sad, its only crew is small crabs and spiders, with the occasional backpacker. But I still think shes impressive, take a look for yourself!
The days go by...
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Hey guys just wanted to put more pictures up. I’ve been working really hard and saving a lot of money but its not easy. Just a few more weeks and I should have enough mula to keep going. The people here are really fun and I’ve met some people I will never forget. Can’t wait to tell you about them when I get back, because the story is far from finished.Anyhoo, heres some pictures from work. Subsitute the vines for flowers and it looks just like the fields in HMB!
Smoko break!
Wire lifting in the sun.
Trying to catch some shade during the lunch break.
Finally! The after work beer rush!
Trying to look happy about my severly sunburnt face, and its ridiculous treatment: natural yoghurt. Girls know best.
Wellington
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I’ve been hanging out in the Capitol city of New Zealand, Wellington, for the last 2 days. Its everything a capitol should be, artistic, cultured, awe inspiring and rich. Its also immaculately clean, no garbage, no bums. Except for one, but hes a happy bum with dreds that just lays around on the sidewalk by my hostel in nothing but his man thong.
I visited the Parliment building today, which is shaped like a beehive. I’m not sure if thats supposed to be making a statement because if so it seems fairly negative to me. I aslo spent a few hours in the National Library, which was big, but not New York big, and the Botanical Gardens which was kinda neat. The architecture here is old and impressive, but of course can’t even shake a stick at Washington D.C.
Have fun back in school guys.
but nothing comes to mind.
For the Bikers
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Hey just thought I'd upload a few pictures of some of the trails here in Rotorua. Its kind of hard to make them out but I know Chris and Jesse and Kirk will be able to make some sense out of them and appreciate them. Hope everyone is doing well!
