Kiwi Experience

As I might have mentioned previously. I have booked a New Zealand All-Round Bus ticket (called Super Chicken as extension to Funky Chicken). These busses drive all around the North and South Island. And with my kind of ticket I can jump on and off wherever I want.

So today I started 7:30 in Christchurch. Most other travelers on the bus started in Auckland and are already on their way back north. So I could get some valuable information what to see. In general: Kiwi busses are something like a big money machines for local tourist industries. The bus tickets are very cheep, but you have many mandatory overnight stops (which are not included). There are reserved hostel beds for the whole bus (their hostels are usually neither the nicest nor the cheapest). Sometimes there is just one hostel at the bus stop anyways.

Every stop the offering you these “amazing adventure activities” that you can only do at this specific town. Usually it is something like horse riding, rafting, bungee jumping or skydiving. Prices range from 100-450$ and I saw that same people have an activity every day. I try to tell myself that I can do most of these things also in Europe. But I must admit: It is very hard to resist :D

Anyhow, while driving along the road, it became more and more obvious: New Zealand definitely beats Australia regarding beauty and scenery (at least the eastern Part I`ve seen so far). I never got bored looking at these mountain ranges, the deep blue sea shore and white cliffs. Everything here seems so clean, peaceful and untouched.

I get really excited how the rest will look like.

 

16.04.2016