ANOTHER travel day. It seems like there isn't much going on down the west coast of the South Island, and the stops we are making are only really to break up the journey to Queenstown in the South. Don't get me wrong, it is really beautiful. We stopped off at Kerr Bay on the bus journey from Kauteriteri to Westport, where we took some stunning scenery photos of the water and mountains. But the drive took all day, and we only arrived at Westport in the evening.
The hostel was so nice! It was called Bazil's surf school, and was part of the BBH hostel group, like the one we stayed in at Rotorua. The kitchen was the best bit- it was fully equipped and had a huge spice rack. With a bit of tumeric, fennel seed, chilli flakes and cumin, our normal, slightly bland dinner was transformed into something way more exciting and restaurant-worthy!
That evening some people got the bus to the beach to make a bonfire but I stuck around at the hostel because, to be frank, it was absolutely freezing outside, and I had met a couple of guys whilst I was cooking, who I had got talking to. One of them was really interesting- he was Austrian and a film maker, and was travelling around New Zealand to get inspiration for his films. He showed me some of his movies- he had done a few music videos which were actually really good, considering he barely had any budget to work with. I wish I could remember the name of the band so I could post the link! He also told me that he had done WWOOFing in river valley where we had been the week before. WWOOF stands for World Wide Association of Organic Farming and basically, volunteers can go and work on a farm, usually with food and accommodation provided. This is something that I would really like to do, perhaps when I get to Sri Lanka, because I'm interested in learning how to grow and maintain crops so that I can have my own fruit and vegetable garden some day!
NO PHOTOS were taken this day......
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