Current Mood: Esctatic

So here we are on the next leg of our trip, New Zealand…  We had a pleasant flight after arriving at 5:20am into Sydney Airport, beating all the queues and getting bulk head seats.  Better than Emergency Exit as you haven’t got to go through all the escape procedure blurb with the Cabin Crew.  When we got to New Zealand we met a guy called John who showed us to our Motorhome.

The motorhome is wicked and we have had great fun in it already, cruisin the long straights and the picturesque highways.  The girls have got the bed in the front of the MH above the cab while Em and I have the Queen size bed at the back of the motorhome, far far away from Scatt’s snoring.

Our first day here we met up with Rogers (Em’s Dads) Cousin Tony in Christchurch and although he was going to show us around the sights, he ended up tramping around all the shops in Christchurch with us to get Thermals and other warm garms.  Bless him!!  So all knitted up we jumped back in our Motorhome and headed towards Lake Tekapo.  By the time we arrived it was pitch black, so finding a spot to plonk the van was more difficult than I had first expected.  Still we found a spot near the ‘Church of the Good Shepard’ and set ourselves up for the night.  We had Beef Stroganof for tea cooked to perfection by myself and Lucy, for our evenings entertainment we had ‘Casino Royale’ to put on, so watched the Girls of Bond featurette and then hit the sack.

At 8am in the morning I woke and looked out the window by my bed, the view really did take my breathe away.  Although I was knackered I chucked on my Polyprop thermal top and grabbed my camera.  Standing to the side of the Church the view over Lake Tekapo was amazing, the water was turquiose and reflected the surrounding mountains perfectly.  I sat, chilled and took photos with the vista in front of me before heading back to bed until the girls woke at 11am.

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The day was filled with one giant walk, we started at Lake Tekapo and headed up to the summit of Mt. John.  Lucy found the uphill section a little tiring, but with some solid perserverance and determination made it to the top and we all looked down on the world around us, one word – beautiful!

We sat at the summit at the observatory cafe and enjoyed a coffee/orange juice while enjoying the views and chatting between ourselves.  The journey down and back was far easier and we got back to the motorhome just as the sun was dipping out of site.

While Lucy and Sarah used the internet, Em and I emptied the toilet box :(.  Bloody hell is it the most disgusting job in the world.  It’s quite advanced, but even so, I was gaggin’!!!  With that job out the way we were free to once again poop and pee in relative ease – and I most definately will as it is Scatt and Lucys turn to empty it next time ;).

That night we drove to Mt.Cook.  Lucy keeping me company in the cab while Em and Scatt chat in the back.  A pleasant journey with a lot of rabbit dodging and we got to Mt.Cook where we parked the camper van for the night! 

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