We're in Napier having arrived at 3pm... The YHA is right by the seafront!!! It's a pretty old building but the rooms are big and the hostel seems pretty quiet... which is good!!!! We've just had curry for dinner again using up what leftovers we had from last nights dinner.....
Soooooo back to this morning..... After our brief stay in Wellington we were up at 7am this morning as the bus was picking us up at 8am.....
Our driver for today was called Glenn..... Glenn's every other word was "sweet as cous" or "sweet as bro"!!!! We thought Steve one of the drivers on the South Island was a bit crazy... Glen makes him look like a shrinking violet.....
First stop was climbing the Ranatuungas in the bus and stopping for a good photo opportunity at the top (see below)...
Then we went onto the Mount Bruce wildlife centre to stop off for some brekky..... Then we went to the TUI Brewery where we got 45 minutes and 3 beers for 2NZD (about 80p)... Lee thought he was dreaming... 3 beers later and a little tipsy (seem to have lost my ability to consume lots of alcohol on this trip, will need to build up my tolerance again when I get home, sorry Trevor that may mean us coming round for tea with even more bottles of red wine!!!)....
In between the "Sweet as" every other word it became clear that Glenn was about as PC as Alf Garnett!!! Of the many jokes he told us I think I'm ok putting the following on the blog without offending too many people!!!!!!
How do you circumcise a hillbilly? Kick his sister in the jaw
Tampax are running a special promotion at christmas replacing normal tampons with tinsel... It's only for the CHRISTMAS PERIOD!!!!
Amongst the other subjects covered in his jokes were lesbians, Japanese, French and your worst poo stories!!!!!!!!
A couple of toilet stops were had on the way into Napier, including stopping at a talking toilet that played music (I swear to god that's the truth and Lee wasn't still pissed!!!)...
We went to a shop called Warehouse (think Roys of Wroxham!!!!) where Lee got a pair of trainers (to replace the ones with holes in the top) and Lucy got a new pair of jeans.... Lucy was sooooooo excited as the pair of jeans she bought were a size 12 and they're too big for her!!!!
Well that's it for now we're off to Mount Manaagui tomorrow and then off to Auckland on Sunday... we've still got a week to kill in Auckland so we're going to stay for a few days and then see what we think.... we may head further North for a few days before we head to Fiji...
Lots of Love
Lucy and Lee xxx
Pics below of the signs in the TUI Brewery... very funny!!!!!!
Lucy in the car park at Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre!!!!!!!
View from the top of the Ranatungas!!!!!!!
Hi Lee and Lucy, lol at Glenn, the comedy driver! YHA sounds nice being right on the seafront. I see your obsession with breweries is continuing....3 beers for 80p, wow! We could all do with some of that! Well, its nearly 10am and I promise you I am in, in fact right next to the phone, love you, Mum, Dad, Tom and Chris xxxx
ReplyDeleteHi, it's me again I think NZ is the best place so far. 3 beers for 80p, God it would be a cheap night out! Can't wait to see what Fiji is like. Marcus just on his way to LA, Vegas was very tacky, but fantastic. I went to see Elton John, had a great time, Oasis next. Chloe's left school, now I'll start worrying. Bye for now love June, miss you both. xxx
ReplyDeleteLol about the jeans Lucy
ReplyDeleteWas the toilet singing "Raindrops keep falling on my head" lol
DC xxx
Hi Guys
ReplyDeletehope you are ok the beer so cheap dad would love that pleased about the jeans the lucy .
cant wait to see what fiji looks like bye for now hugs kissers mum xxxxx