Current Mood: Happy & Tired

Seems like we got to Wanaka at the right time as the Festival of Colour was going on.  The stilt walkers, street entertainers and the dreaded living statue were all around to greet us and give us a bit of a show.  The stilt walkers dealt with the little children (probably because they are too high off the ground for the kids to grab for them!) while the New Zealand Army marching band were around for the adults.

With the van all parked and locked up the first thing for us to do was seek out a hot chocolate, I had only been driving for a couple of hours but was already plumb tuckered and in need of refreshment.  We found a quaint cafe and sat down to warm the cockles, next moment we hear the beat of a drum and the New Zealand Army band is busy marching down the street, keeping traffic at a standstill with the parade of spectators eagerly following them down the road.  Not to be the one to miss out I ran over and started snapping away with the ol’ camera.  They were a really good band as well and played some quality tracks! 

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After polishing off the hot choc and the girls some grub we wandered down the street, using a flash restaurants facilities so as to not fill up the van and then heading down the road to the dreaded ‘Living Statue’ (if you have seen Hot Fuzz, then you’ll know what I mean).  He just stood around looking still while the local kids had great fun prodding him with sticks and crawling inbetween his feet, not sure how he managed to stay calm, if I were him I’d of ended up twatting one of the little buggers round the head with the cane I was holding, but he held his composure well (suppose you would have to if your career was just standing still!). 

All filled up and ready to go we jumped back in the Motorhome and headed off (at first in completely the wrong direction) to our next destination, the Fox Glacier. 

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