This is the end......

My final stop on my 11 month journey was in Queenstown, NZ. From here i would fly (not directly) home to Ireland after 6 nights living it up in the party central of NZ. At least that was the plan. It was all going well for a few days, had a savage night out with the Magic bus crew the first night and had sussed out the town during the days. Then i met up with Dan, fresh into town from Wanaka, and went for a few drinks with him. However, as i went to the atm to get some cash out i soon discovered a problem. The money had run out. I was broke 4 days from the end of my trip! Luckily enough i had the hostel paid for, $30 in my pocket and a bag of rice so i had food and lodging. it meant the partying had to end there and then and i wouldnt be doing any of the many crazy activities which Queenstown has to offer. But i did have a prepaid trip on the gondola and luge so when we got a sunny day myself and Dan went on it. The view from the top of the gondola over the town and lake with the snow topped mountains surrounding everything was amazing. The luge then was great craic full of dips, sharp bends and tunnels but another lap or two would have made it a more worthwhile activity. Ah well.

Later on that day we had a go at frisbee golf in the local park. This involves a frisbee each and a frisbee golf course which was marked out. I sucked at it. Dan wasnt too bad but the trees took a dislike to having a plastic frisbee thrown at them and said frisbee was dead by the end of the round. How it survived that long i dont know. The fun kind of ended there really. The weather turned over the next few days and i was cooped up in my hostel most of the time. On my last night i went and spent the last few dollars i had on drinks with a small group. I spent a bit of time planning for my return to Ireland and the fact that my journey was over sank in fast. It has been an amazing trip and i am so glad i did it. I will have one final blog covering the highlights of the entire journey so keep an eye out for it!