Well the last couple of days me and liz have been in sole charge of the running of a B&B and backpackers.Had loads of customers the last 2 nights nearly a full house.
We are having fun plus we get all the local attractions free and soon we will be going on the bottom bus tour for a day worth over $300 for free.
NZ is so cool where could you try these sort of jobs at home!!!
Yesterday we went to the cinema to watch 'Quantum of Solace' the new James Bond film. We thought it was good. The funny thing that happened was we went into the wrong screen. We watched the last 10 minutes and watched the credits before realising we were not in the right screen! Then we went into the same screen half an hour later and watched it from the beginning..
We are working at Arden St B&B & Backpackers in Dunedin till January 17th. We will put pics of the place on soon. Just relaxing after work occasionally going to watch our friends Mel and Alan play gigs at The Craic. We are planning to go to Moraeki to see the boulders on the beach in December for couple of nights with them, should be fun:-)
Today we went on the Terai Gorge Railway for 5 hours. We went from Dunedin to Middlemarch where we spent one hour. We had dinner at the Kissing Gate Cafe before getting an ice cream on the way back to the train. When we got back we were glad to escape the noisy Texans!!
above mark driving the train (yeah got to in the cab)
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Yesterday we had a full day of sightseeing. First we went to the Otago Settlers Museum, then the Otago Museum. After we went to the Botanical Gardens briefly before heading to the Worlds Steepest Street! Then we went to the Speights Brewery Tour and lastly went to the Irish bar 'The Craic' to watch Mel and Alan play a gig
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We arrived in Dunedin yesterday and are settling in nicely we met Mel and Alan who are running the backpackers up the road for 4 months.
Today we are going to the museum and Spieghts Brewery for a tour.
Tomorrow hope to go Caitlins tour may stay overnight. Then do Elm Wildlife tour to see albatross/seals etc.
We have got rid of suitcase and now have two big rucksacks
Today we went to Puzzling World in Wanaka. We went in the four illusion rooms, hall of following faces, hologram hall, ames illusion room and the tilted house. Also the great maze which we completed in 1 hr! The average 1-1 1/2 hr, so we did well.
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What a beautiful day, we made the most of it by going to Deer Park Heights.
We saw lotr scenes a plenty! And handfed exotic animals.
Alpaca
Thar
A great morning spent in the sun!
