The Road Not Taken

So for the past few days apart from riding in a 1984 Nissan Vanette for hundres of kilometres I have not really done anything. You would expect therefore that I have been saving money. Not at all. In fact the opposite. Doing nothing means doing nothing during the day. At night all hell breaks lose and bar hopping means money slides out of my account like water off a ducks back.

That said, I only feel bad because everyone else has been rafting and swimming with dolphins and all that good activity stuff. I HAVE to do the rafting everyone tells me as it is the only grade V you can do here. Tales of Gavin and Lesley coming out and seeing their lives flash before their eyes makes me wonder if I will want to do it but they also mentioned the nice lodge style accommodation and general great time and atmosphere for the whole time they were there.

But where do I go from here? Most people have reached their journeys end but not I. I have at least 3 weeks left here and need to decided where I will be spending it. To hire a car will be expensive but will give me the freedom to go wherever I want, whenever I want. It will afford me the opportunity to do my part and give rides to others, something I was lucky to get for my short stint hitching in the North part of the south island.

My birthday is fast approaching and it would be nice to know where I will be for that. I am not that bothered. Wherever it is it will be remembered for some time I am sure as will this whole time in NZ.

Anyway, some more photos for you….

The Arts Centre in Christchurch

Kings pawn to e4 - check!

The Cathedral - Cathedral Square, Christchurch

So, I am off to perfect the art of doing nothing. It’s a hard life and we all have our cross to bear…

Tags: New Zealand

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