NZ....CONTINUED

20.8.08....DAY 22
8.30AM...ARE WE DOING SOMETHING TODAY?...CAN'T REMEMBER.
8.50AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA.
9.00AM...BACK IN BED...IT WAS TO COLD OUT THERE!
9.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
10.25AM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
11.15AM...SEARCHING FOR BOOKSHOP IN TOWN CENTRE...NEED A CERTAIN BOOK...GUESS I'LL BE LUCKY TO FIND A COPY...IT'S WANNA THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ.
11.40AM...CLOTHING SHOP...BOUGHT TWO T-SHIRTS.
12.10PM...BOOKSHOP...THEY HAVE A COPY OF THAT CERTAIN BOOK!
12.45PM...SUPERMARKET...FANCY PORK.
1.20PM...POSTOFFICE...THINGS TO SEND.
2.00PM...ALI BABA...NEED A HAIR CUT.
2.20PM...I HATE HAVING MY HAIR CUT...BUT IT'S DONE NOW...THINK I'LL BUY A HAT.
3.00PM...BACK AT OUR CHALET.
3.20PM...PORK UNDER GRILL...SPUDS AND CANNED PEAS ON THE BOIL.
3.55PM...ENJOYABLE MEAL...BREAD WITH GRAVY TO FINISH.
4.30PM...SINCE WE ARE HEADING OUT TOMORROW...TRYING TO PACK EVERYTHING IN A ORDERLY FASHION.
5.05PM...IN CAR...ON THE WAY TO THE CINEMA.
5.15PM...PARADISO...A CINEMA WITH A DIFFERENCE.
5.30PM...NU ORDERS THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF WINE...PLUS AT THE INTERVAL WE HAVE A CHICKEN,BRIE AND CRANBERRY PIZZA!...50 QUID SPEND...THIS IS ONE EXPENSIVE MOVIE!
6.00PM...THE PLACE IS PACKED...EVERYBODIES SEATED ON THERE SETTEE'S...YES SETTEE'S!
6.10PM...FILM ROLLING...A YOUNG GIRL STARTS SINGING'I HAVE A DREAM'.
6.35PM...THE MEN ARE OUT NUMBERED BY ABOUT 10 TO 1...THE WOMAN SEEM TO GIGGLE AT THE MOST UNGIGGLISH OF THINGS.
7.20PM...INTERVAL TIME...OUR PIZZA AWAITS.
7.30PM...THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE PIZZA...IT WAS OK...BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE SECONDS...EVER!
7.40PM...SECOND HALF OF FILM...JULIE WALTERS IS SUPERB...ABBA SONGS ARE SO SINGALONGABLE.
8.20PM...FILM FINISHED...AND A DELIGHTFUL FILM IT WAS TOO...MAMMA MIA IS WELL WORTH A LOOK.
8.40PM...DROPPED CAR BACK AT CHALET.
8.50PM...WALKED BACK INTO TOWN.
9.10PM...THERE'S A PUB HAVING A PUNK NIGHT...NU CAN'T WAIT!
9.50PM...LEAVING PUB...PUNK IN NZ IS NOT PROPER PUNK...NU SEEMS UNCONCERNED!
10.20PM...BACK AT CHALET...BETTER HAVE A BRANDY.


21.8.08...DAY 23...
8.00AM...GOT A LONG DRIVE TODAY.
8.20AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA.
8.35AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...ALL PACKED UP...EVERYTHING IN CAR.
9.40AM...CORNFLAKES...CUPPA TEA.
10.20AM...SUPERMARKET...NEED BREAD AND CHEESE...WHERE WE ARE HEADING IS QUITE REMOTE...AND IN THESE AREAS FOOD TENDS TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
10.55AM...220K TO GO TO FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER.
12.30PM...HAUUST...SMALL TOWN...HAVING MADE SEVERAL STOPS FOR HAPPY SNAPPER NU!
3.00PM...FRANZ JOSEF AT LAST...THE ROAD AS BEEN SLOW...SNOW PILED UP.
3.30PM...ENQUIRING ABOUT HELIHIKE AT HELIHIKE CENTRE[WELL YOU WOULDN'T ENQUIRE AT A SWIMMING POOL CENTRE WOULD YOU?]...ANYWAY...YOU BASICALLY GO UP IN A HELICOPTOR TO THE TOP OF THE GLACIER AND THEN HIKE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS...THEY DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A HIKE TOMORROW...DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER...WON'T KNOW TILL 10.00AM TOMORROW.
4.20PM...BOOKED OUR ROOM AT LOCAL HOSTEL...THE GLOWORM.
5.10PM...BAKED SPUD WITH CHEESE AND BUTTER.
6.00PM...FREE VEGGIE SOUP.
6.30PM...BOTTLE OF WINE.
8.00PM...PHONED TOM.


22.8.08...DAY 24...
8.00AM...RAIN LASHING DOWN.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...CORNFLAKES...ANOTHER CUPPA.
9.30AM...WALKING THRU THE RAIN TO HELIHIKE CENTRE.
10.00AM...WOMAN ON DESK RECKONS TOUR IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN TODAY...WEATHER POOR.
10.25AM...FOR CERTAIN...THERES GONNA BE NO CHANGE IN THE WEATHER...SO NO TRIP TO FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER TODAY.
11.00AM...EVEN IN THIS REMOTE LITTLE VILLAGE THEY HAVE MY ENGLISH NEWSPAPER...NEED IT...TODAY IS GONNA BE BORING.
12.30PM...READING NEWSPAPER...BREAD AND CHEESE.
1.30PM...WATCHING 'UNOFFICIAL SPICE GIRL DOCUMENTARY' VIDEO...HOW BAD CAN IT GET?
2.30PM...RETURN TO READING MY NEWSPAPER.
3.20PM...SHOWER...DIDN'T HAVE ONE THIS MORNING...SO I GUESS I BETTER HAVE ONE NOW!
4.30PM...WATCHING OLYMPICS...ENGLAND HAVE DONE ALRIGHT WITH MEDALS...RAIN RELENTLESS.
7.00PM...PUB RESTAURANT...FISH[OCKY] WITH CHIPS/SALAD...THE FISH IN NZ CANNOT COMPETE WITH OZ.
8.15PM...CHATTING WITH ZEALANDERS.
9.30PM...BACK AT OUR ENSUITE ROOM.
10.00PM...IS THERE A FILM WORTH WATCHING ON SKY?


23.8.08...DAY 25...
8.00AM...POPPED HEAD ROUND CURTAINS...IS FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER GONNA HAPPEN TODAY?
8.20AM...KETTLE ON.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.40AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.00AM...CORNFLAKES...ANOTHER CUPPA.
9.40AM...WALKING TO HELIHIKE CENTRE...NOT RAINING...WEATHER LOOKING GOOD.
10.05AM...YES ITS ON!...WE GONNA CONQUER FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER...BIT NERVOUS.
10.30AM...LISTENING TO INSTRUCTIONS.
10.50AM...GETTING TOGGED UP...BOOTS ARE A LITTLE TIGHT.
11.10AM...IN HELICOPTOR.
11.30AM...ON GLACIER...ITS NOT SO COLD.
11.45AM...WALKING GLACIER...TRAMPING THRU SNOW...ITS TOUGH...NEED TO GET FIT.
12.30PM...STILL TRAMPING...FALLEN A FEW TIMES...NU DOING WELL...THE GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS WE ARE WITH ARE SECOND TO NON...THEY HELP US...ITS KINDA COMICAL...ITS A TOGETHERNESS...THERES SOME HAIRY MOMENTS...GOING THRU NARROW GORGES...NU AND I ARE NOT SO NARROW!...SOMEHOW WE SUCCEED...I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE...I'M SO,SO LUCKY...AMAZING TIME...AMAZING SCENERY...AMAZING TO THINK I'VE DONE IT...THE GUIDE WAS WONDERFUL[DAN]...THE GROUP WAS PATIENT WITH US...AND A GIRL CALLED MEGAN HELPED NU A LOT...THANKS TO EVERYONE!
2.00PM...WAITING FOR HELICOPTOR FOR OUR RETURN TO EARTH.
2.20PM...WE ARE IN THE AIR AGAIN...NO WORRIES...PINCH OF SALT!!!!
2.40PM...TOUCH DOWN...TOUR COMPLETED...NU AND I RULE OK!
3.05PM...SUPERMARKET...NEED BEER.
3.35PM...SHOWER...MY BACK IS SOAKED VIA SWEAT.
4.00PM...SPUDS IN MICROWAVE.
4.15PM...SEMI BAKED SPUDS IN OVEN...NEED JACKETS TO CRISP.
5.00PM...BAKED SPUDS TO DIE FOR...BUTTERED AND CHEESED.
5.40PM...BED...LIMBS ACHING.
8.30PM...UP WE GET...I THINK I SLEPT.
9.05PM...PUB RESTAURANT.
9.20PM...MUSHROOM/CHICKEN ETC PIZZA...BEER.
9.55PM...PLAYING POOL WITH A CHAP FROM CUMBRIA.
10.40PM...THREE GAMES LATER...I CAN'T PLAY THIS GAME ANYMORE...RECKON THIS POOL CUE IS BENT!
10.50PM...WALKING BACK TO HOSTEL.
11.30PM...IN BED...BUT CAN'T SLEEP.


TAKE A CHANCE ON ME/DANCING QUEEN/DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW ETC.


BYE FOR NOWZ.