Kiwi Land, Part X

Location: Nomads Backpackers, Queenstown

Date: 2 June 2012

Time: 8:00 PM

In the morning we took a walk for a couple hours around Stewart Island.  It was pretty nice, but very grey as the weather was not cooperating.  Eventually, the skies opened up and it absolutely poured, so we headed for shelter in the form of a restaurant to dry off and warm up (lentil soup with sourdough bread for me).

Boats.

Our wet walk

The weather was a shame, really.  Considering how much I shelled out for the ferry, it would have been really nice to have some sun.  If I had more time I would have stayed longer to be guaranteed at least one full day of good weather.

As we were getting back on the return ferry, there was a band recording a music video at the wharf.  It was just a small band, and they had been traveling around New Zealand playing and filming themselves.  Two of the musicians stripped into their underwear and jumped off the dock into the freezing water multiple times, dancing to the song in the water as the guitarist strummed.  It was quite a spectacle, and they sounded pretty good, too.  That definitely tops my quick bungy dip in the river.

Crazy band music video (sorry, no sound)

When we got back to Bluff E.T. picked us up again and we rode back to Queenstown.  We’re staying at Nomad’s this time, which is a much nicer hostel than Base.  It smells less, has free breakfast and dinner, and we even got upgraded to a smaller (i.e. less bunks) room with an ensuite bathroom.  We’re going to go out for a bit tonight (it’s Saturday night in a party city), but I have to be up at 8 tomorrow for my adventure day so it won’t be anything too crazy.