We arrived in Kaiteriteri- a small town on the doorstep of Abel Tasman National Park, on the tip of the west coast of the South Island.
Whilst the scenery was really nice, we weren't too lucky with the weather after the first day so didn't see much of it! On the morning of the second day most of the guys on our bus set off for the next town, leaving us four and a couple behind as the only people in the hostel! It was actually quite cool as we practically had the place to ourselves. With the weather miserable outside we lounged around and caught up on some life admin- applying for jobs etc!
By the third night the next bus arrived which was good as we were beginning to get cabin fever. We met up with some friends on the bus behind us, who'd heard that there was a pub quiz on in the evening, so we popped down and only bloody won the thing!!! $70 bar tab thanks very much.
Next stop was Westport, a small stopover at a cosy hostel that was more like someone's home than a backpacker spot. We cooked an amazing meal of bangers and mash with onion gravy with Daniel off our bus. Yum.
Making our way down the west coast, we reached Lake Mahinapua for a 'P party', not before stopping in Greymouth for outfit supplies. After going through every word we could think of beginning with 'P', we decide on a Punk, a Professor, a Psychopath and a Pensioner. The whole kiwi bus descended on the town, trawling through Greymouth's charity shop, joke shop and supermarket to rustle together outfits.
We headed to our hostel, which was essentially a load of porta-cabins stuck together. Pretty basic! We had tasty steak for dinner and then everyone headed back to their rooms to transform into their chosen 'P word'. Everyone looked cool and we had a pretty awesome night!
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