"An Around-the-World-Ticket for Two, Please."

New Zealand!

Posted by Sarah O'Neill , Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:04

We flew into Queenstown, NZ on Wednesday 13th April, and there were the most spectaular views from the plane I have ever seen! We flew over gorgeous mountain ranges, like nothing I have ever seen before! We landed and were pleasantly surprised by the temperature as I was terrified it was going to be freezing! The sun was shining and I had a t shirt and zip up hoodie on and felt fine! After the duty free where Ben felt it would be rude not to buy his favourite Mount Gay rum at such a special price, we collected our bags and went to the Jucy Campervan counter. We were sent over to get our van! After checking it over and being briefed about it, we noticed that the front two tyres were really bald! They were really apologetic and said it should have been picked up on the inspection, so we arranged to come back the next day for it to be sorted while they gave us a hire car for a couple of hours. It wasn't a problem as we'd been planning to stay around Queenstown anyway. We went shopping and found a campsite and settled in to our new home for the next 5 weeks! Walked into the town for the evening, which is such a lovely picturesque place! There is lots going on, and all the little shops are open until quite late, so it was lovely to mosey around and have a walk around.

When we went to sort out the camper we were given a 'JuceBox' as they called it, which is the same as Dad's car!!! So we had great fun whizzing around in that, and stalling a few times as it was a manual!! Went and checked out the charity shops for warm clothes, but didn't actually find anything! However, found a shop called the Warehouse, a bit like Big W and got some cheapish necessities there! Also picked up some cheap DVDs as the van comes with a DVD player, and you can swap DVDs with other Jucy Campers! We went on a lovely walk though the park, and saw a great game called Golf Frisbee! We went and booked Ben on bungy jump for Saturday, and of course it had to be the highest one, 134 metres (the others are only 42 metres!) I did NOT want to do that!!!! Queenstown is definitely one of our favourite places, it is breathtakingly beautiful! When we went shopping and came back out to the car the view took my breath away again, and I wondered how long I would have to stay here before that wore off! It is absolutely spectacular!

Sarah x