We're now in NZ, its somewhat different to China, a bit like Scotland or Wales on steroids and without the rain (so far!).
We were looking forward to a more casual style of travelling, after the relentless march across China and SE Asia. Unfortunately it looks like this won't be the case as it turns out that New Zealand's South Island is the size of Great Britain and packed with things to see. The magic bus network goes in an anticlockwise loop, covering 3000km en route. We quickly realised that we'd need 3 weeks to do it justice and forked out for later flights.
Unfortunately NZ and OZ signal the start of UK like prices...a big shock to the system after China and even HK. This is great news for Si Phong as she will get to savour my gourmet like cooking as we cook our own meals in a bid to save money.
The hike in price means that we're also well and truly doing the backpacker thing now, staying in youth hostels and travelling on a tour bus. Based on Sheenie's tales from Lao, we were expecting to witness scenes of rampant debauchery as our fellow backpackers ran wild at night, but were rather suprised to find most folks tucked up in bed by 12. Tssk! The youth of today, no party in them!
More from NZ once we've figured out what the hell we're going to do here! It sure is purdy here though...missing China big time, but I think we're going to have a good time here.
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