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NZ Log

First, greetings from NZ!! I'm slowly falling in love with this place...ESPECIALLY Queenstown. I quote my sis, "it has this magical feeling" about it. Pity I only get to stay here for 2 days.

I originally wanted to do a day-by-day, blow-by-blow account, but its too darn long and I dun have that much time...so, here's the watered down version:

Day 1 (9th Dec):

Landed in Christchurch, and its colder than expected...Not much done today, except checking in at our residence for the next 3 days, Mt Hutt Lodge just above the Rakaia Gorge - which has just got to be the most beautiful place on Earth. Words can't do justice to this place.

Day 2:

Toured Christchurch.

Day 3:

Basically slacked around the Mt Hutt area. Had one misadventure.

Day 4:

Travelled down to Mt Cook...It was really quite nice, but due to time constraints, and other stuff, we didnt really do much. Stayed over in Twizel, quaint little town.

Day 5:

Travelled all the way down to the Southeast region of South Island. Visited quite a few places, of which the highlight was Nugget Point. Saw a number of seals frolicking in the water!!

Day 6:

Drove from Kaka Point (stayed over there the last nite) to Te Anau. Crappy day really, spent 70% of the day travelling. The best part of it was being able to meet up with Heidi, after so long! Such a waste that we only had 2hrs...Dang it!

Day 7:

Went up to Milford Sound from Te Anau, took some cruise thing which was quite fun, though friggin cold. Then travelled all the way to Queenstown.

Day 8:

Queenstown. I love, LOVE, this place. I wish I could stay here a whole week, maybe longer. Did the Stopover Jet (its this Jet boating thing) today. All roller coasters and other thrill rides that I've ever taken have been put to shame. Didn't get to do white water rafting or any other fun stuff though. Crap.


Well, basically that's it. In all honesty, the trip has been rather disappointing so far. I doubt I'll ever go on holiday with my parents again. Such a bloody waste of time and money (its their money though...) Already, I've had one or two flare-ups with my dad...In all fairness, I probably was being a jackass...but then again, you can't really blame me when the so-called "adults" refused to treat me as anything other than an adult. I'm sorry man, but the truth is, I'm no longer a kid and there are things in which I KNOW better, and they just have to fucking accept it.

I think the main problem is that, virtually all respect for them have been eroded. Respect is something that's earned - it ain't free. I won't go into the details. The gist of it is that, I'm already beginning to dislike this trip. I mean, we come all the way down, and we spend 80% of the time travelling and sleeping....WTF man. We dun do fun things becos...oh fuck, i dun know why we dun do fun things....mother f-ing pissed man.

Honestly, I'm praying and hoping that I could earn enuff cash to come back here. This would be a great place to come with friends...ESPECIALLY Queenstown. I LOVE this place...Have I said that already? LOL