Our first day was very amusing, but one of the biggest wastes of money I have ever taken part in. It was the Lord of the Rings tour. Lukas and I were the only two from our bus foolish enough to shell out the 80 or so New Zealand dollars (~£30) for the half day trip, and unfortunately when we turned up we realised we were evidently also the only two in Queenstown foolish enough. The tour involved driving to a number of different sites that had at some point been used to film a scene from the popular trilogy. Example quotes from our guide include: “As you can see by the shape of their tails, these horses were some of the horses from the movie,” and “So this is part of a wood that is clearly almost certainly where they might have filmed the scene where Boromere is killed.” But, to be honest, one site I'm particularly proud of is when we managed to "exactly" replicate a scene with Sam and Frodo from the 2nd film.
Another quite unique visit was our visit to a town called Paradise. Apparently there is a town in Norway called Hell.
That night was a very big night. It was the night before half our bus was due to head south, while the rest (including myself) would stay another day before heading back north. Some very strong friendships had been formed on that bus, and everybody was going to be very sad to split up. As a result, just to prolong the inevitable, myself, Lukas, Tannith, Barry, Caroline and Jess decided to stay up all night until their bus left at 7. The highlight of which was when Lukas got so drunk that he decided to fully grasp Kiwi tradition with both hands by celebrating Mo-vember (an annual charity dare held in November) by having his head shaved, leaving just a fluffy Mo-hekan like a ferret on top of his head.
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