2/8/02 Christ Chuch, NZ (Phillip)
Hey kids, so apprently it's my turn to write a quick journal entry. Ed, (remember him from the Australia
), got into Christ Church yesterday so Kelly, myself, Ed, Matt, Lauren and another American, Kimberly, all went out for some drinks. This is a rare treat for us, not the people, but the beer! :) It's strange to watch all the different cultures intermix. Of course, all the usual "It's Aluminium, not Aluminium!", were in play.
Christ Church is famous for being the city that is used as a base for the Antarctic. Indeed, Lauren and Mark just got back from there and actually knew a friend of mine, Henry who's there. Described him as a bit of a maniac, so I knew it was the same person. Tomorrow, before we board our plane for Australia
, we'll visit the internationally renound Antarctic Center which I'm personally looking forward too.
Today Kelly, Ed, and myself went on a Fudge Tour. Yes, quite unique, but it was highly recommended by Jessie and Kathleen, although it sounds like they have a bit of a fudge-problem! The tour went through the whole process of making fudge and we were constantly eating fudge. I felt quite sick by the end, but I just couldn't stop eating the fudge! Sounds like a beer tour I went on a few weeks ago! My favorite fudge had to be the Bailey's Irish Cream fudge. Highly recommended!
Tomorrow, as I mentioned, we fly to Melborne. Just got an email from Rob and Jayne and they did find a place so we will stay with them when we get there. Both of them have been amazing and really helped us out a lot. On a side note, we calculated our costs for all the time we've been travelling and worked out to be about US$150 under budget so that's a relief. What's even better is that this includes all the adventure activities we've done, which are quite expensive.
The flight to Melborne is tomorrow afternoon and shouldn't take more than a few hours. We'll then catch a bus into Melborne's City Center to meet J&R. Vague plan for Australia
is to spend 9 days in Melborne/Tasmania and then catch a flight (I've already booked it, great deal) from Melborne to Brisbane on the 18th. Hopefully then we'll rent a camper van and drive up and down Australia
's East Coast. Definately do some Diving on the Great Barrier Reef!
That's all for now... NZ pictures in two weeks!
Posted by Admin at February 7, 2002 09:09 PM