New Zealand

Since it is so late writing this, I will only keep it brief, and simple just as a means of reading it later on and remembering/reminiscing.
Anyway
Christchurch = Dodgy

1. Arrived at 11 pm in Christchurch
2. Took shuttle to CBD and stayed at a bar called mickeys till 4:30
3. Lounged/slept around the CBD streets until 6:00 and grabbed a shuttle back to the Airport
4. 50 minute plane ride to Queenstown
5. Queenstown is absolutely beautiful
6. Shopped for hostels, and found a hotel called Thomas hotel
7. Hiked a mountain
8. That night we went to Dux delux, Speites Ale House, Monteiths Ale house..Such success
9. Bought a 70$ case and got ridiculously ripped off, thanks Betty's bottle shop.
10. Passed out around 9:00...haha
11. Rented mountain bikes for the morning and biked around the lake. Found a great course and jumps.
12. Ate lunch at Monteiths
13. That night we bought beer and fudge and drank on the lawn by a creek. I went trecking barefoot down the creek and fell in a hole...soaked
14. Monday, it was raining. Britta, Brett, Elsa and I went bungy jumping...Incredible.
15. Cleared up at the end of the day and we bought more beer and drank it on the docks looking at the harbour, while Neil and I yelled at ducks.
16. Went to the bars and World bar night club that night. Got home around 2:30. Tried sleeping, with little luck. Still intoxicated I went for a run through the mountains with only the moonlight to light my way at 3:30 am. I love life. Got back and coincidentally found Neil outside the apartments. He had been sleeping on the street. haha.
17. Met a girl from Argentina who has residency in Italy and is backpacking in New Zealand working at a winery for a month...cool everything I want to do. talked to her for an hour at the breakfast table. Learned so much, I plan on doing the same thing after school. I hope. I forgot to get her name.
18. Decided to take the sky rail up to the mountain and go Luging. Fun stuff!
19. afterwards we came back down and bought ice cream cones and ate it at our dock spot.
20. Flew back to Christchurch
21. Booked the best Hostel in NZ for only $20 a night
22. I failed the bus system and took the group into bumble..
23. I cooked pasta and we had a nice dinner out on the patio
24. Went to the Twisted Hop ale house for drinks
25. We went to my first strip club! by the end of the night we were talking to two strippers about the ropes and tricks of the trade of stripping.
26. half the group missed their 6:00 a.m. flight. Bret Neil and I rode the free city bus around for an hour and then chilled at a park until our plane.

Amazing trip

The rest of Sydney was a great way to wind it down. Three wise on Wednesday night. I think and Thursday night we went to dinner (wine and a mushroom pork pizza), Then my friend David Sears from ASDM got us free drinks at his Hotel in Chattswood. Went to Bar 333 to wait for people. The nights plans had their aim on going to tank. but other circumstances disagreed, therefore 3 wise monkeys won the option to finish the night. Finally we hit up our favorite pizza place and walked home. The perfect night to wind out.(sorry for being so general and non-descript)

Morning we went to pancakes on the rocks and flew home at 3:00 and arrived in Chicago the same day at 6:30. I didn't sleep until 5 days later.

I will miss Sydney and NZ like no other.