Things you must know as a traveller in NZ

Today, we learned some valuable lessons that you must know as a car-less traveller in New Zealand.

One. Apparently getting a ride on a bus or in someone else's car is unlikely.
Two. Try Hitchhiking!
Three. Don't bother trying to hitchhike in the rain. As we were told, no one wants to pick up a wet person in their car, especially if they've got nice leather seats. (Mind you, this was after we stood in the rain for quite some time. We only ended up asking someone for advice because we thought the thumbs up sign might not be the symbol for hitchhiker in NZ.)

So, getting out of town today didn't happen. Sad day.

Last night we were at the bar next door. There was a live band called "spider-pig." Very original. People who work on the mountain got today off so last night the bar got very crowded. Jon and I figured we would join the rest of them. We go tthere at 6 pm. We left by 9 because we got too tired. Darn Jet-lag! Anyways, we met some quite interesting people. One of them, Jordan, is a local in these here parts. He introduced us to a bottled version of whiskey and coke, or bourbon. He was a hunter ( or at least that's what we understood him to be) and he said he could get us a job painting in Auckland. I think we will try our luck elsewhere.

We met another guy, whom we shall call the cynical english dude, or Tom. This guy is very upset that there is only one bar to go to. Although it sounds like he comes from the middle of nowhere himself. He is also working as a rental attendant, so I will probably be seeing much more of him. He is living with a friend, another John. That guy seems nice but all we talked about was how he had already worked up at the Mountain for a year. He's going to be watching my every move making sure I do things right.

I give Jon all the credit for meeting people at bars though. Sneaky bastard.

Oh yeah, there's also this french guy that was very stereotypically french. He was quite the smooth talker and had no shame. He was planning on working on ski mountains for 1.5 years in a row. That's a lot of winters.

Ok, we're stuck here today. so hopefully something will come up to entertain us.

Laterz!
Jalissa