Emma's Adventures

Hey Every1!

Well i have finally decided that i will move to the North Island without a job or a place to stay as otherwise i will end up staying in CHCH the entire year until October comes around. I will be sad to leave the S Island as i have had lots of fun here and met some wonderful people, and the scenery woo hoo stunning mountains and lakes, natural beauty is awesome :)  However i am excited for a new adventure and a new challenge over in the North Island, i understand there is alot more of maori culture there too :)

I will be leaving the hotel where i have been working in the next couple of weeks for a trip up the coast to Kaikoura, over to Nelson, Abel Tasman, Picton, Golden Bay and then head on the boat over to the North Island :) From there i will visit the Tongariro crossing and head towards Wellington :). In Wellington i will try and find a job to keep me going until i leave for Asia, however if jobs aren't looking promising i will work my way up to Rotaroua and onwards and upwards towards Auckland i would like to make sure i go to the Coramandel and would like to spend a weekend on Great Barrier Island if i can, i hear the natural beauty on the island is intense :)
Auckland will be the other work option if Wellington does not work :) 

This morning i went to the ANZAC day dawn parade this is a day that Australians and Kiwis remember those men and women who faught for there country 95 years ago in Gallipoli at dawn :) a very emotional service and good to listen to.

Had an amazing week in NZ this week, managed to grab a weeks leave from the hotel and headed out on my freebie bus ticket that i won when i arrived in Christchurch :) Kiwi Experience - i know but what fun i had though!!! Travelled with an awesome group of Swedish, German, French and American peeps what wonderful fun we all had :) Thanks Guys

Started the adventure in Westport, which i have to say was nothing special a small town with nothing much around :( same for Greymouth.....however......

Quickly moved down the coast to the glorious destinations of the Pancake Rocks - Punakaiki where i watched seals swimming, beautiful rock formations and awesome coast lines :) Lake Manihipu awesome lake and water sports :) Frans Josef - wonderful glacier experience and superb walking treks around this area. Really lucky with the weather too, great hostel have to say i loved FJ and would highly recommend as a must see destination while in NZ :) Headed through the Haast pass through to Wanaka, great little town where skydiving is a common activity and a must do while in NZ!!!

Queenstown is a superb town which is on the list to return to before i leave NZ, stunning beuaty with the lake and the Remarkables (mountain range in the southern alps). Great party town also, plenty of good bars and restaurants. Awesome trek called the Ben Lomand trek gives you 360 views over Queenstown awesome!!!!

As a group we spent plenty of time partying in the different bars along the west coast including a fancy dress party, bar crawl, vertical bungy and much much more.   On the bus we had an official trip song by Ddub a kiwi band and the name of the track is Hesitate No defiantely worth a listen if you have not heard them before :)

This trip has really got me in the travel mood :)  and gets me more and more excited about my trip in Asia :))

Other news - Heard from my agent when i was on my trip and he told me about a vacancy at the treetops resort in Rotorua voted in the top three hotels in NZ, if i able to grab this job i may have a chance of live in accomodation at the resort which would be amazing, so keeping my fingers crossed :)