From wearing Drag to a Dead end town....

HIYOOO!!!

Lets see, where shall I start....so stray actually picked me up this time around. I was sitting outside the hostel I was staying at in Able Tasman where supposedly they pick you up. Then one of the guys working there asked who was picking me and I said Stray and he said I better just stand in the middle of the road so they don't forget me.....ya....so then he ended up giving me a ride to where stray was staying that night---this place called Old macdonalds Farm like 30 feet from my hostel/barn. So I got on the bus and all was well!

So whenever I was on Stray before I never really knew where we were going until someone told me. I thought we were going to Westport, but apparently we were driving to this small ass town--population 40--called Barrytown. We were literally staying at a BAR. Basically this bar is only open for the 3 locals that come there and for Stray. So the bartender was our "receptionist" and gave us lost of booze. But the kicker was they made all of us dress us in nasty ass outfits--wearing drag, the guys were all in lingerie, etc etc. i'll post pics later. We we all just got pretty drunk--it was a good time. By the end of thenight, our bus driver, Baggins (yes, as in lord of the rings) was in a skirt and a bra. We ended up playing this awful, AWFUL drinking game. I lost so I had to take a shot of beer and wine---GROSS> but this other chick had to drink a shot of baileys and tequila----EW. so anyways, that was that---pretty fun. THe only problem is I have to go and do that exact same thing in a week when I'm done with house sitting, which starts tomorrow.

That next morning, we jumped across the highway and did this bone carving thing---I made a pretty sweet as necklace. I will also put up some pics of this. The bone carving itself smelled SOOO awful. i wanted to puke. GROSSS!

So then stray left at 1 and my bus picked me up at 2. I was sitting on the side of the highway with my pack feeling like a complete homeless person. i have had this feeling multiple times.

OH Also, we stopped on the Punakeiki Rocks aka Pancake rocks. super cool--check 'em out. AND, we stopped at this lookout spot that was rated in the top ten for best views in the world. I can def. see why---it was gorgeous.

so yea, now i'm up in Wesport--this shithole town. it kind of reminds me of martinsville----its where 'real men' come to live. Lots of coal and gold mining up in this part. I was attemping to walk to the beach this afternoon after I talked to my mom. So I started walking and then realized the beach must suck cause i was the only one walking towards it. Mind you, there was no one walking anyways. so I get to one part of the walk and there is no one around and i'm about to head down a dirt/sand road with bush on both sides. I could just imagine getting robed and killed. but I still wanted to go. i had my knife with me and almost put it in my pocket and then realized i was a freaking idiot. so I turned around. i must have been 40 yards from the beach. oh well, better off alive in westport than dead on the beach. just felt creepy...

the hostel i'm at is pretty cool---its like an old victorian house. there were people up till 5 am this mroning in the room next to me. i wanted to kill them.

I think i pulled a muscle above my ass. it hurts so bad and its giving me a limp. HOT.

So i leave tomorrow for Karamea--its a little over an hour from here. I'm staying at this backpackers called Rongos Backpackers and Art Gallery---i think its real hippy. and colorful. I prob. wont be able to sleep. my friend mark should be meeting me in karamea within the next day or so. I HOPE. I will die if he doesnt.

So yeah........there are some other things I could say but I need to gather my thoughts before I write them out. So its St. Patricks day here---i've been on the hunt for irish people. god they are so crazy, i love it. I was hoping the two crazy identical irish girls I met on the Tongariro crossing would be here---i'msure they are always blacked out.

Ohmigod---THE BACON HERE IS SO AWFUL! I just had french toast with bacon, banana, and berries---the bacon is seriously dead human. i can't look at it. and i need to remember that i dont like it here. EW. VOMIT.

ok, i will write more later. i have to tell you about this awful woman from purdue. gross. for many reasons.

going to take a shower and go to the grocery store. just bought some fresh corn--i'm sure I will mess it up though.

xoxoxomiss things! (i think?)