November 9th – 10th – Transition

I awoke early after the late night with a surprisingly mild hangover. I headed out in a bit of a daze to have a walk around before the 10 am bus and search for a cup of coffee. I didnt manage to find the coffee, but i enjoyed the serenity of the Sunday morning streets. I headed back to meet the bus and wrangled a cup of coffee from the hotel.

We were headed back to Queenstown. I would spend the night there and travel back to Christchurch on Monday to catch my Tuesday flights to Buenos Aires. My time seeing the sites in New Zealand had effectively come to an end at this point. The next couple days would be filled with general housekeeping such as internet and laundry as well as a lot of bus travel.

New Zealand is one of the most amazingly places I have ever been, and in terms of the scenery undoubtably the most breath taking and varied. I could have easily and happily spent another month or two to enjoy the rest of what the country had to offer. However, I did not have the money for that and it was time to move on to the other excitement awaiting me over the next month and half before my holiday break from travel in Florida for the holidays. It felt as though I had been in New Zealand a long time because of the friends I had made and the vast variety of landscape and adventures. In such a short time I went Hiking, Ice walking, rafting and bungy jumping just to name a few; I don´t think thats possible anywhere else in the world.

On the bus back to Queenstown we alternated sleeping off the night before and stopping here and there for food and pictures. We arrived around 4 PM; I retrieved the things I had left behind in the hostel as well as returned my rented camping gear. I also got one last meal at “Ferg Burger,” a burger joint with amazing variety including falafel, venison, chicken and beef burgers with creative and delicious condiment combinations. It is a legendary institution for travelers and locals alike in New Zealand. I also spent some time on the internet taking care of my Buenos Aires arrangements, trying to catch up on uploading blog material and doing laundry. When it was time to meet my friends out one last time I was exhausted and in no mood to drink so I spent some time talking with them and then made it an early night.

I had booked on for a mid afternoon shuttle back to Christchurch that would arrive late that evening. I spent the morning doing additional work on the internet to check on all my future reservations, finances and also uploaded the Bungy videos which took a painfully long time. The ride back to Christchurch went smoothly and it was nearly time to sleep by the time I arrived. I printed my boarding passes, got some food, arranged for morning transport to the airport and got some sleep.