Kiwi Ex – Day 11 – 15th Nov The place we stayed in Lake Mahinapua is owned by an old boy about 80 and he looks like the gnome in Lord of the Rings with the long beard and all. It is a Kiwi Ex tradition as there is nothing around really that they have a themed fancy dress party here. The theme was to dress as something beginning wit the first letter of your first or second name. It was a great laugh just thinking of a costume because no one wan...

Kiwi Ex – Day 10 - 15th Nov As we had lost a lot of people from the bus in the journey from the north to the south island, there were a lot of new people on the bus. It was important that we got everyone to integrate, so the first thing we did in Westport was arrange a 9-a-side game of football which was good to get all the guys talking. That night Smiley arranged a bonfire on the beach. This got us all talking and again the whole bus knew each othe...

Kiwi Ex – Day 10 - 15th Nov As we had lost a lot of people from the bus in the journey from the north to the south island, there were a lot of new people on the bus. It was important that we got everyone to integrate, so the first thing we did in Westport was arrange a 9-a-side game of football which was good to get all the guys talking. That night Smiley arranged a bonfire on the beach. This got us all talking and again the whole bus knew each othe...

Kiwi Ex Day 09 – 14th Nov We got the 3 hour boat to the south island and got into Nelson just before dinner. A table football feud started between me+Chris and Gary+Nick, which continued for the rest of the trip. That night we went to a pool hall because they done a special offer for backpacker. We all attempted to do a power hour including new recruits Enda and Jonny Boy. On to Westport…

Kiwi Ex – Day 07 – 12th Nov Again Smiley had a day if the next day so he had set up a pub crawl for us all. It was a crazy one. About the stroke of midnight Gary and Mason decided to moe some lawns. The next day we just chilled out as we had been up watching the Liverpool game in the hostel to about half 5 with the affectionately nicknamed fudge packers: Chris, Jake and Si – massive ‘pool fans. So on to Nelson…