South Island, stop #1
We flew into Dunedin, a small little town in the South Island of New Zealand the other day. This is where we are going to start our bus tour in a few days and work our way back up north to Auckland. We have to be back to Auckland by December 9 to fly to Australia. There seems to be a lot to do around here in this small town. Its right on the coast so there is water everywhere. Its quite cool here, about 15-18 degrees during the day. The wind is quite cold though. I have all my winter clothes on that I brought with me and I am still cold. I was talking to this man on the bus the other day and he said that it was 42 degrees in Cairns, Australia, so we better enjoy this cool weather before we get to Australia!
Today we took a CitiBus to Portobello (an even smaller town about 30 mins away) and were going to try and see penguins and seals. Well…we took the very scenic drive out there and then got off the bus and spoke to a local and he said the coast where the wildlife is, is a 15 mile walk!!! WHAT!!! So obviously we didnt walk that far, so no seals or penguins were seen. Darn it. That was a little disappointing. But tomorrow, we are going to rent some bikes from our hostel ($16 for the day) and try to get to the coast that way. We will see what happens.
We walked around Dunedin today and saw a lot of really old buildings and churches. They are beautiful. I will put some pictures up when I can. We are going to go see the steepest street in the world tomorrow too! I am going to bet Ryan that I can beat him up the hill on my bike! lol 🙂
The hostel we are staying at right now is great. Free unlimiated internet, close to town and the staff are super friendly. It is our first time staying in the dormitory type rooms (where we sleep with other people/strangers). Up to this point we had been staying in private rooms but we want to save some money. We are sharing the room with another couple right now which is good. Nice and quiet when we sleep.
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