Franz Joseph Glacier from the scenic flight I went on
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Sunday, October 08, 2006
So what have I been up to apart from working bloody hard. 8-8 the last couple of days!
On my second day off though I went on a flight with a landing on the ice which was good fun (lots more photos) and then I went horse riding which was also great!
Ana, Jessika and I are having a nice pot luck meal tonight, making our own sushi and all of that and Anas going to show us how to make brazilian food. should be fun, have got a bottle or 2 of sauvignon blanc in. I dont finish till 8pm so I wont be able to help with the cooking much unfortunately as they'll start without me or we wont ever eat!
The trouble with alcohol is that even if I only have 1 glass I dont sleep well. Its so annoying. On the bright side though I havent had a hangover since that one from my last night in Nelson.
The last few nights I hadnt slept as had been out and had a glass or 2 so last night when I got in from working 8-8 I was asleep by 9pm!
Am kind of seeing my next door neighbour which is cool. I made myself go over and say hi as I had fancied him for a couple of weeks!
Got woken up by an earthquake this morning. My bed shook!
On my second day off though I went on a flight with a landing on the ice which was good fun (lots more photos) and then I went horse riding which was also great!
Ana, Jessika and I are having a nice pot luck meal tonight, making our own sushi and all of that and Anas going to show us how to make brazilian food. should be fun, have got a bottle or 2 of sauvignon blanc in. I dont finish till 8pm so I wont be able to help with the cooking much unfortunately as they'll start without me or we wont ever eat!
The trouble with alcohol is that even if I only have 1 glass I dont sleep well. Its so annoying. On the bright side though I havent had a hangover since that one from my last night in Nelson.
The last few nights I hadnt slept as had been out and had a glass or 2 so last night when I got in from working 8-8 I was asleep by 9pm!
Am kind of seeing my next door neighbour which is cool. I made myself go over and say hi as I had fancied him for a couple of weeks!
Got woken up by an earthquake this morning. My bed shook!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Have had a great day! The sun has been so hot.. have caught the sun and am feeling all summery!! yay!! we've had a couple of gorgeous days in a row! Not that I saw it yesterday as I was working 8-8 and Marie and Dean went to town leaving me in charge.. my god it was busy!! But I'm still alive! the cleaners (specifically heather) were testing me a little as a new manager but I didnt let her get away with it.. Its funny as now I wake up in the morning and think things like "hmnn did I send that fax to Taiwan?.." I make international phone calls with one hand and send worldwide faxes with the other hand. Am learning tonnes, rushed off my feet but its great!!
I had the day off today and so did Eva so we hitched to Fox, had a look round the shops (all 3 cafes) and then hitched to Lake Matheson where there are perfect reflections of moutains in the lake on a still day. There was a little wind today so it wasnt perfect but still beautiful, mount tasman and mount cook were reflected in it (look out for photos soon). We did a circuit of the lake which took about 1.5 hours which was lovely in the sunshine. Then we hitched to fox to have lunch, hitched again to the fox glacier which we walked up to (about 10 metres away and then they have a rope to stop you - you can of course pay lots to go up it..) I picked up lots of stones! yes I know like I'm going to be able to carry them around with me?! but I can put them in my room here for the next 6 months.. There were loads of cool ones, silver glitter stones which you could rub onto your skin and get a free glittering (free make up!), white crystal stones, white crystal stones with a silver layer on top and these red stones.. Anybody got any clues as to what type of stones they are?
Anyway, then we hitched back to franz josef glacier, walked to peters pond and took photos of the franz josef glacier reflected in it (wow - was amazing..)
Then we hitched back to the village (its about 4 kms from the glacier - although there are views of it from the village), went to a cafe for carrot cake and I chatted to a few people about tomorrow. I have the day off tomorrow as well and would like to do a scenic flight. they said if there was room I could squeeze on tomorrow. I specifically would like one thats usually $550.. not that I want much huh? I have been booking loads of poeple on helihikes since I did one so that worked for them to put me on one of them! (their $340) if u think most jobs are $10 an hour thats a shit lot of money!
Last night was beautiful too so Ana and I went on the Terrace Walk which has tonnes of glow worms. It was great! NZ is definately getting busier now.. summer season is beginning..
Eva leaves next week. her parents have come over to see her so she is going to go on a tour with them. I'll miss her. She also only has a 1 year visa so has to leave in December, she has been trying to extend it but having no luck. Us English are lucky to get 2 year visas! I would cry if I had to leave in the next couple of months!!
Anyway, has been a long day and am tired.. went on MSN but none of you are awake..! lazy lot!! its 8:15am there so I would have thought at least some of you would be getting to work by now.. I think its 12 hours time difference again now? our clocks just changed - giving us longer summer evenings which is great!
Oh nearly forgot.. we had 3 earthquakes the other night! One was 4 point something on the richter scale and the whole house shook and everything in it.. I think we get lots of mini ones we dont feel all the time. We are apparently due for a big one at some point but I think thats just a scare story to scarr the visitors!!
I had the day off today and so did Eva so we hitched to Fox, had a look round the shops (all 3 cafes) and then hitched to Lake Matheson where there are perfect reflections of moutains in the lake on a still day. There was a little wind today so it wasnt perfect but still beautiful, mount tasman and mount cook were reflected in it (look out for photos soon). We did a circuit of the lake which took about 1.5 hours which was lovely in the sunshine. Then we hitched to fox to have lunch, hitched again to the fox glacier which we walked up to (about 10 metres away and then they have a rope to stop you - you can of course pay lots to go up it..) I picked up lots of stones! yes I know like I'm going to be able to carry them around with me?! but I can put them in my room here for the next 6 months.. There were loads of cool ones, silver glitter stones which you could rub onto your skin and get a free glittering (free make up!), white crystal stones, white crystal stones with a silver layer on top and these red stones.. Anybody got any clues as to what type of stones they are?
Anyway, then we hitched back to franz josef glacier, walked to peters pond and took photos of the franz josef glacier reflected in it (wow - was amazing..)
Then we hitched back to the village (its about 4 kms from the glacier - although there are views of it from the village), went to a cafe for carrot cake and I chatted to a few people about tomorrow. I have the day off tomorrow as well and would like to do a scenic flight. they said if there was room I could squeeze on tomorrow. I specifically would like one thats usually $550.. not that I want much huh? I have been booking loads of poeple on helihikes since I did one so that worked for them to put me on one of them! (their $340) if u think most jobs are $10 an hour thats a shit lot of money!
Last night was beautiful too so Ana and I went on the Terrace Walk which has tonnes of glow worms. It was great! NZ is definately getting busier now.. summer season is beginning..
Eva leaves next week. her parents have come over to see her so she is going to go on a tour with them. I'll miss her. She also only has a 1 year visa so has to leave in December, she has been trying to extend it but having no luck. Us English are lucky to get 2 year visas! I would cry if I had to leave in the next couple of months!!
Anyway, has been a long day and am tired.. went on MSN but none of you are awake..! lazy lot!! its 8:15am there so I would have thought at least some of you would be getting to work by now.. I think its 12 hours time difference again now? our clocks just changed - giving us longer summer evenings which is great!
Oh nearly forgot.. we had 3 earthquakes the other night! One was 4 point something on the richter scale and the whole house shook and everything in it.. I think we get lots of mini ones we dont feel all the time. We are apparently due for a big one at some point but I think thats just a scare story to scarr the visitors!!
Monday, October 02, 2006
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