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First stop= Paradise

We finally left Queenstown today in our van after buying yet more things. Only problem is that we haven’t managed to make a bed yet, so we will be sleeping on the floor for the next couple of nights until we come back to Queenstown and Justine’s neighbour said he would make one for us, so...

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 7, 2012 from Paradise, New Zealand
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Almost ready to leave

Spent the day clearing out and buying stuff for the van as it needs everything. Also got the tyres changed, the battery terminals fixed so it now re-charges and managed to come across an abandoned Toyota just like ours so ‘acquired’ the stays off the back, so the boot remains open. Another...

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 6, 2012 from Frankton, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Our new home!..

Finally we have brought a new vehicle! It’s a Toyota Estima Lucida and we are so happy we now have wheels! There’s a couple of things wrong with it that need fixing, so a few pennies need to be spent to buy at least 2 new tyres, get the wheels aligned, check out the battery, fully convert it...

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 5, 2012 from Queenstown, New Zealand
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Final 3

Third day of frantically searching for cars. Saw heaps more today and Aston gave us a lift into town to have a look at some parked up around there. We did find the most perfect people carrier though and it was in mint condition for a bargain price. We took it for a test drive and certain we...

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 4, 2012 from Queenstown, New Zealand
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Still no wheels...

It is so hard to go and look at vehicles when we ourselves don’t have any wheels! But we still continued the search and saw a few more today, none we particularly fell in love with though.

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 3, 2012 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Looking for wheels

Had a look at quite a few vans and cars today, all of them over-priced for what they are and many things wrong with them which Chris could tell by having a look. Busy day but I suppose it is just our first day of looking for vehicles. Just hoped it would be as easy as it was in Oz.

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 2, 2012 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!! With Christmas and New Year out of the way, we are now on a search for a new van! So the first thing we did was to get a lift into town and take back and replace the broken portable internet stick we brought yesterday with another one twice the price that also didn’t work. So...

permalink written by  chrischarly on January 1, 2012 from Frankton, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

End of the year

The last day in 2011. Been a fantastic year, been to and seen a load of amazing places and collected some unforgettable memories. We didn’t do a lot today. Justine had plans with a few of her friends and as New Year’s isn’t exactly that special to us; just another day, we stayed in and had a...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 31, 2011 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Recovering.... AGAIN

After a fantastic night’s sleep, Chris and I woke up massively hung-over at 1pm and woke Justine as she was supposed to be going to a hotel with a friend. She eventually got up at 2pm and left at 4 a few hours later than planned and we spent a relaxing day chilling out watching films.

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 30, 2011 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Another night binge drinking...

Woke up, too windy again for the course so we cleared and packed up headed back to Queenstown picking up an Italian friend of Justine’s along the way. When we got back we dropped off Justine and headed into town to pick up Tracy, another friend, brought a load of drinks including 2 bottles of...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 29, 2011 from Frankton, New Zealand
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