nigeyboygoeswalkabout

Following our surprise meeting at Mt Cook, Amanda, Maggie and I decided to do a little road trip down to Queenstown where we spent a couple of days before I headed off towards Stewart Island. The drive was great and the car did its stuff up and down the hills with its full load, no problems. The girls said that it should really have a name and with a little inspiration from their positive attitudes during a hike in some bad weather at Mt Cook, the car was duly named the "Optimistic Lady". Perhaps I've made a mistake with my sums but her fuel consumption seems to have improved since she was named so I'm not gonna knock it, ;-).



Queenstown was much nicer than I remembered, although it was really busy. Our second night there saw us head out for pizza (first meal out since I arrived) and quite a lot of beer. We then went on to a couple of bars where the girls were inundated with free shots from the local guys. I wouldn't say they attracted a lot of attention but it would have been easier to fly a plane thru flak on a bombing run, than to walk thru a bar with these two girls. However the local guys have even less finesse than me so they had no chance, ;-).