Oh Holidays Holidays

Posted by MrsFogg
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It seems but a moment ago that we arrived in New Zealand and started our tour and yet here we are contemplating the last few days on the South Island.

It is true that there is only one philosophy and that life is for living. Boy have we certainly done that while here. Since 2nd Feb when I last posted our list of achievements we’ve done so much more ( and have the credit card bill to prove it).

So, we have:

Completed five luge rides each in total
Done both Skyline cable cars North and South
Got splashed on the Buller Gorge Jet Boat
Raced 40kph on the tandem zipwire
Listened to Mr Fogg laughing on the Supaman zipwire
Watched the sunset over Pancake Rocks and the upside down moon
Route Marched up and down a glacier
Been munched on by Sandflies
Admired driftwood art in Hokitika
Held a large gold nugget
Nearly been poisoned in The Bushmans Cafe Pukeville
Coached, cruised and flew to Milford Sound
Ate Horace
Segwayed around Queenstown
Visited the longest place name
Looked at “my precious” at Weta Caves
Enjoyed the Interislander ferry trip
Walked barefoot in the dark
Worn flip flops everywhere and no cold feet
Slept in over 20 different beds
Bought too much
Ate too much
Slept too little
Sampled local wines at twice the price of the average cost for a bottle in the UK (nice though!!!)

And much much more…….

And next we have the LOTR tour to Glenorchy where much of the external film shots were made.

Time for a rest later then..

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Segway Around the World

Posted by MrFogg
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And here we are on another Segway tour, this time in Queenstown. A fantastic 2 hour tour with Kevin from “Segways in Q”. It’s a brilliant way to see any city and just soooo much fun, whipping round all the sites to the amazement of all the tourists and locals.

Next stop a geeky LoTR half day scenery tour since so much was filmed here.

We Segway’d from here.

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Dinner is chosen

Posted by MrsFogg
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After an early start it’s now 5.30pm and I’m starved.

We did the Milford Sound Cruise today which was excellent. It started with a 5 hour (yes five hours!) coach trip with Bob (must make up time) which was supposed to include photo stops and little walks but it seems that Bob was late so we got two stops for 2-3 min toilet breaks (run, drop, flush, run) and a number of “and here is a nice view on the left as I drive past” from our driver. Oh and we got a 20 min coffee stop in a gift shop (anyone want a NZ trinket?)

But the highlight was the cruise itself. Wonderful small boat, the greedy people all opted to dash to the top deck leaving about six of us to spread out across the front and rear bottom deck of the boat. We sailed close to each side of the fjord (its not really a Sound but a Fjord but some welsh bloke incorrectly named it a Sound and they never chamged it) and could almost touch sheer cliffs, seals and two different types of penguin. We went directly under a huge waterfall (need a towel there Mr Fogg or just happy to wring yourself out later?) and hoped to spot dolphins or whales but no luck.

Two hours later and then we are dropped at the teeny airport for our teeny two wing flight back with another couple. Fab Fab Fab. Loads of incredible views, just breathtaking.

Having beaten those who opted for the coach trip back (ha ha 5 long hours to go yet!) we are now back in central Queenstown to sample the local delicacies. We saw the local crayfish pots today in Milford Sound so we just had to do it. Horace the Crayfish just did not stand a chance. Dear Horace, welcome to my plate…….

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