recap
recap of the last three days:
- went to Akoara, a tourist french town on a peninsula outside christchurch. amazingly beautiful there, i should have stayed.
- went on a dolphin cruise. thought we would only do fin-spotting but we got to see the dolphins as well. and peguines. and some albastros and seals. the seals were much smaller than on TV, but cutes as well.
- i actually enjoyed tyhe cruise. i was very cynic to begin with, but it was a lot of fun and the dolphins were entertaining.
- drove from christchurch to dunedin on the coach [bus, really. a doube decker]. it's really a guided bus ride. got to hear some colorful stories about some guy doing polygemy in the late 18th century. this part of new zealand looks like the wild west, just right out of a movie.
- got to dunedin, met tones of the israelis at the hostel. went on a brewery tour and got to pour my own beer. tastes lots of beer, got back to the hostel and fell asleep on the couch.
some observations:
- israelis are the worst travellers. they travel like dogs. they eat the cheapest food in the supermarket while others are having barbecues, try to save the most on accomodations [sleeping in vans and cars] and are the most obssessed about money and costs. also, a lot of us really stick out here. while other people travel the world in normal city clothes, us israelis travel the world in Lametayel's latest fasion. the brits i met up to now all travel with huge backpacks with a selection of footware, day clothes, club clothes and some active clothes. we travel with The North Face and a sleeping bag. i had yet to use my sleeping bag. i actually gave up today and bought a sweater to blend in. nothing i can do about my trekking shoes - i cannot carry three pairs of shoes, but i wish i could have my adidas. my next backpacker trip i'm not even bringing a sleeping bag. or trekking shoes.
- the roads in new zealand really suck. it was a six hour bumpy ride. thank god i do not have to drive here alone. we were driving on highway 1. most of the highway has only one lane in each direction. not your ayalon freewa, really.
- the bacpackers i stayed in christchurch sucks ass. i'm in a charming backapckers in the middle of dunedin and it looks way better than my own appartment. excellent kitchen as well.
- went to Akoara, a tourist french town on a peninsula outside christchurch. amazingly beautiful there, i should have stayed.
- went on a dolphin cruise. thought we would only do fin-spotting but we got to see the dolphins as well. and peguines. and some albastros and seals. the seals were much smaller than on TV, but cutes as well.
- i actually enjoyed tyhe cruise. i was very cynic to begin with, but it was a lot of fun and the dolphins were entertaining.
- drove from christchurch to dunedin on the coach [bus, really. a doube decker]. it's really a guided bus ride. got to hear some colorful stories about some guy doing polygemy in the late 18th century. this part of new zealand looks like the wild west, just right out of a movie.
- got to dunedin, met tones of the israelis at the hostel. went on a brewery tour and got to pour my own beer. tastes lots of beer, got back to the hostel and fell asleep on the couch.
some observations:
- israelis are the worst travellers. they travel like dogs. they eat the cheapest food in the supermarket while others are having barbecues, try to save the most on accomodations [sleeping in vans and cars] and are the most obssessed about money and costs. also, a lot of us really stick out here. while other people travel the world in normal city clothes, us israelis travel the world in Lametayel's latest fasion. the brits i met up to now all travel with huge backpacks with a selection of footware, day clothes, club clothes and some active clothes. we travel with The North Face and a sleeping bag. i had yet to use my sleeping bag. i actually gave up today and bought a sweater to blend in. nothing i can do about my trekking shoes - i cannot carry three pairs of shoes, but i wish i could have my adidas. my next backpacker trip i'm not even bringing a sleeping bag. or trekking shoes.
- the roads in new zealand really suck. it was a six hour bumpy ride. thank god i do not have to drive here alone. we were driving on highway 1. most of the highway has only one lane in each direction. not your ayalon freewa, really.
- the bacpackers i stayed in christchurch sucks ass. i'm in a charming backapckers in the middle of dunedin and it looks way better than my own appartment. excellent kitchen as well.
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