Anne and I are feeling quite ancient on this trip! Most of our fellow travellers are having a gap year before uni or just after! We haven't met any our Brits yet- we've met people from Germany, Portugal, USA and Sydney.
It's been a while since Anne and I have stayed in a youth hostel, shared a room with 3 others and slept in bunk beds but we are graduaally getting used to this way of life! Our first shock was when we were told that unless we specify otherwise, the rooms could be mixed and we'd be sharing with blokes! Glad we realised that sooner than later!.
Generally, people are all passing through so you have different room mates every night. Some are more chatty than others! We are praying for opportunities to witness as christians where we can.
Sharing a kitchen/fridge and labelling everything in case it get nicked is a bit like being back in halls of residence as a student. The shared bathroom experience also takes us back.
We caught the magic bus for the first time yesterday. It's a well set up coach with wi-fi access should we want it. Although typing on my laptop on the bus as we went round windy mountain roads made me feel a bit queezy.
The driver is also our tour guide and books us trips along the way. We were pleased yesterday because we managed to find the same dolphin watching tour on the internet for half the price so we booked that instead.
We even mananged to do a load of washing yesterday using the machine and tumble drier - you'll be pleased to know that our hygiene standards haven't slipped (yet!).
We are planning our journey as we go, so we have booked our hostels for the next week and in a few days time we will plan for the week ahead. It's quite nice to be so spontanteous and not know where or what you will be eating for your next meal! Last night we had fish and chips as we were by the sea and they came highly recommended- the fish was the nicest I have ever had - all caught locally. We will try and find some NZ lamb to eat this evening.
The hostels cost around 25$ a night and are basic but comfortable with hot showers.
No comments:
Post a Comment