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Paragliding and 4 wheel driving

Got up at 7ish and quickly packed up what we needed for the day before heading to the lake with the guys. Unfortunately it was too windy for the course so it was aborted after a few hours of waiting. We then decided to go on a 4WD tour around the lake which was amazing and...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 28, 2011 from Wanaka, New Zealand
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Camping again

We packed up the car and headed to Albert Town which is near Wanaka to camp. It was an amazing drive through the mountains and the views were even better than we had seen so far. Found a nice spot and Chris setup the tent while we supervised and drank some wine. Later on, some of...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 27, 2011 from Albert Town, New Zealand
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A little explore around town

Although pretty hungover, we manged to get our act together and went for a nice tour around Queenstown with Mason, Justine’s son, which took in some of the nice parts of the lake and the town. We then went shopping for a few bits before headed back to base for a chilled evening.

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 26, 2011 from Queenstown, New Zealand
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Merry Christmas!! :)

Got up and Chris got to work on food prep. Some early birds rocked up and we started on the cocktails early before a BBQ breakfast to ensure we could last the day. The whole day was a mix of drinking, chatting eating and having fun. Chris’s food went down really well and we all had a...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 25, 2011 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Christmas Eve

Hung out at Justine’s and helped her organise the place for Christmas. It pretty much entailed a bit of tidying, lots of dressing the place up with some funky arty stuff, all mixed in with plenty of breaks in the sunshine. Chris then deboned the turkey which he was very pleased about and...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 24, 2011 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Enjoying the sunshine

Got up and chilled for most the day in the gorgeous sunshine, reading books and drinking a few beers. Early evening we headed into the supermarket to get Christmas supplies, at the same time we found out that there had been two earthquakes in Christchurch, exactly where we were just yesterday...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 23, 2011 from Frankton, New Zealand
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Meeting back up with the ever-extreme Justine

Woke up, packed bags, ate breakfast and checked out of the building sight and waited for Justine to arrive to chauffeur us back down to her pad for Christmas. She arrived at about 1pm with Dan, her South African friend and a hitchhiker she picked up along the way and we drove slowly for...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 22, 2011 from Twizel, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

New Brighton

After dragging myself out of bed for our complimentary breakfast due to the building work, I crawled back into bed and fell back asleep ‘till midday. Finally able to face the world Chris and I wandered off into town to have a walk about, going to the library and on the pier. It was a nice...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 21, 2011 from New Brighton, New Zealand
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A building sight

We are now 13 hours ahead of the U.K and we landed in Auckland on time at 5:20am both kind of in a daze. Chris did manage to sleep a little, but bless him, it was the kind of sleep where you jolt your head every couple of minutes, so that did keep me entertained most of the journey. We didn’t...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 20, 2011 from Christchurch, New Zealand
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Almost in Auckland...

Cannot believe we are leaving Australia already!.. So we got ourselves motivated eventually to get on with stuff and to get ready for flying out in the evening to New Zealand. Chris cooked a culinary delight in the evening consisting of homemade pate and his signature dish of pork belly for...

permalink written by  chrischarly on December 19, 2011 from Auckland, New Zealand
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