Kiwi ex again

Had a couple more great days on the bus. We stayed at the Pu Pub, a little redneck pub that kiwi experience has been going to for years. The tradition is to have a costume party with everyone else on the bus. The girls teamed up as the Spice Girls, Andy bought a creepy porcelain doll and wore a Davey Crocket raccoon skin hat, another guy named Andy who hopped on that day dressed up as a classy Mexican I guess? Josh our driver was a lady cop, I myself went as a gay biker. Surprisingly I won for best costume. I received a free canyon swing (a giant bungee jump followed by swinging down the canyon) in Queenstown but sold it to Andy for four beers.

We are now in Franz Josef for two days with lots to do. Just about everyone did the Glacier Explorer. For 250 bucks we were flown to the glacier that sits above Franz Josef in a helicopter then we strapped on our spiky boots and started climbing the glacier, we squeezed through tiny trenches and caves. It was way better than I expected. That evening we watched the All Blacks vs. The Wallabies (Australia) and had a few beers.

Sunday some of us went kayaking, I could hardly squeeze my fat ass in the kayak but it was still awesome. After Franz Josef we headed to Wanaka, a ski town here on the south island. When I think ski town I immediately think of Banff and Jasper, and Wanaka isn't much different. However, there is no snow here. It's peak season for skiers and snow boarders but there isn't any snow on the ground and it couldn't be colder than 12 degrees. I guess they rarely get snow in the towns but lots up on the mountains. There's a movie theatre across from our hostel it's only one screen but instead of seats they have couches and even a convertible you can sit in. Plus they sold freshly baked cookies, beer, wine all sorts of stuff. It was pretty awesome, they had an intermission which was a little annoying seeing as our film was only an hour and a half long. But then you could get more beer. At the hostel bar that night they had battle of the buses, two other touring companies are following a similar route as us so we had some fun games at the bar. Our team although the smallest was by far the loudest, drunkest, and most competitive. The bar staff mentioned that was a common theme with Kiwi Experience buses. We played killer pool coming in second, first in karaoke , and took 4 out of the top 5 spots in horizontal bungy. A relay where you partner up and one person races to the bar to grab a pint while attached to a bungy rope. They stretch out the last few meters and race back with the pint. My partner Alice and I were the team to beat until the rest of our bus surpassed us. We won some free bungy jump passes and pub crawl tickets.