good day all

Date: 31 January 2007 07:09:55

So, New Zealand. It's a great place.

Tonight we are in Dunedin, which, for those unfamiliar with the area, is on the East Coast of the South Island, towards the bottom. We spent today driving down from Christchurch (who knew NZ was so big??) and are staying at a backpackers hostel that has free plums and a resident labrador.

Tomorrow we hope to catch the Taieri Gorge Railway to Pukerangi and back, which is about half a day. Then we will go penguin and sea lion hunting in the later bits of the day. Don't worry, we don't intend to eat the penguins. Or even catch them! Heh that'd be pretty funny!

In other news, last night we had a way tasty dinner in Christchurch which involved lots of food and chilli and not much money. THEN $1 shakes for dessert at KFC. Bargain!

So far I can recommend the following places:

YMCA Christchurch - extremely good backpacker accommodation. Like a hotel but with the bathroom down the hall (you can pretend it's your own hall if you want I guess. And some rooms have ensuites) and very reasonable prices.
Mum's 24 - Korean/Japanese restaurant in Christchurch. $NZ10 gets you an enormous box of food, for example spicy squid and rice and kimchi and potato stuff and bean sprout stuff AND miso soup. BARGAIN. $NZ10 will also buy you an enormous omelette full of rice and stuff.
The KFC in Christchurch.. erm... somewhere... $1 shakes! Thickshakes!
the place we're staying here... but I can't remember what it's called...