Hey everybody I’m sorry I’ve been gone for so long. I had a month and a half of night shifts so it’s been really hard to do ANYTHING. But I’m back, I’m here so I wanted to wish you all Happy Holidays. Did you guys have a good time? I sure had a lot to eat, but even though I was away from my family I had a great time with friends.
Let’s go back travelling now. As I was telling you Wellington was my stop before finding the place I was going to spend almost my whole time in the country. But I’m going to skip that for now and tell you about a little road trip I did.
After 4 months of work in this amazing town that I’m going to talk about it later, I took some time off. My first destination was Queenstown where I was meeting a friend, Inge. We used to work together, she left before me but she was travelling around and by the time I had to leave my job she was looking for a new job too.
Now let me tell you a bit more about Queenstown. It’s one of the most popular winter destinations in New Zealand. During this period it gets really crowded with people that want to enjoy winter sports and people looking for a seasonal job.
The place is amazing you can go skiing, snowboarding, bungee jumping, paragliding, skydiving, jet boating, skateboarding, fishing, hiking, and lots more. If you love being outdoors and you love adventure sports, New Zealand is definitely your place. And a city like this one has a lot to offer.
We stayed here for less than a week, trying to find a new job. While we were job hunting we tried to enjoy ourselves too. Once we tried to get to the top of some hill, didn’t follow directions properly but at the end we’ve got to the top of something. The view was unbelievable. The landscape of this place is just beautiful.
I had walks through the parks, admiring the autumn colours, yellow, orange, red; I love that time of the year. I took walks down the lake and there’s always something new to see. It so quiet, you really can appreciate what you’ve got around and it lets you relax.
I found an Argentinian ice cream place called Patagonia, they also had chocolates and different types of sweets. It was my first time away from home for so long, so even though it was cold outside I was crabbing some ice cream to make me feel like I was back, lucky for me they fulfil my expectations.
After here, our next destination was Christchurch. But on our way we had to stop in Lake Tekapo. This 83 square kilometres lake, is fed by the Godley River, which has its source from the Southern Alps. That’s why it has that greenish/light blue colour, kind of like the glaciers. The main reason why it’s a tourist spot is to enjoy the clear sky during the night. The town is located away from the big city lights and at night you can see millions and millions of stars. Inge wanted to do this but we didn’t last long outside in that cold night.
Another interesting thing to do is going on a hike up Mount John, appreciating the peace and quiet of the place, the nature that’s around you and the amazing view of the lake and the mountains.
The next day we took the road again and arrived to Christchurch. In here I just tried to get a job, unfortunately that didn’t happen. So I just used to go to the city centre and walked around. You have a small shopping area where I went window shopping (remember I didn’t have a job so I couldn’t afford much). And of course you have the beautiful Cathedral, which partially collapse during 2011 earthquake.
You could also walk along the Avon River or take a ride on the tram. But of course there are much more things to enjoy in this city, you just need to go to one of the amazing parks that they have and take a deep breath of pure, clean air and just observe nature. Or you can go visit a museum or an art gallery.
There are not enough words to describe this awesome country, it’s just incredible. But next time I’m going to tell you about the place I love, the place I call my second home, and the place where I met some of the kindest, friendliest people in the world. So please hold on, I’ll promise I’ll be back soon this time ;).
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