New Zealand

MY FAVOURITE PLACE EVER!!!
My final travel destination was New Zealand, I have never paid much attention to this place, always assuming it was just like oz. How wrong was I! It is by far the most beautiful place I have ever visited, I fell totally in love with it.
We flew to Auckland, spent one night there (mainly sleeping from our all nighter in Sydney the night before), we then flew to Christchurch and picked up a campervan. From here we drove down the middle of the South Island with our goal destination being Queenstown. We went to Lake Tekapo, stayed a night here, then we went to Mount Cook and onto Wanaka, stayed here for a night then arrived in Queenstown where we stayed for the majority of our trip. We intended to visit numerous other places but we loved Queenstown so much we just stayed here. We then managed to get a day of skiing in which was amazing, I knew I would love it but now I have the bug for it. I wasn’t the best but I know I will improve and I want to become a pro! H
Wink wink. We then ran out of money, scraped our way back to Christchurch (ended up sleeping in the car park of the campervan rental place), got to Auckland, had a real nightmare which I don’t want to relive but put it this way, every backpacker should feel our pain at some point, being over the other side of the world with no money to pay for accommodation, relying on McDonalds free wifi to contact family & friends to help us out as we had no phone signal. Thank The Lord for McDonalds free wifi!! Saved us!
Anyway, back to the places we visited. Lakes, snowy mountains, scenery that you only see in movies and we were here, driving right through it. Stopping in dangerous places to take photos! Hardly any cars on the roads, driving down roads for a couple of hours with not much in sight other than beautiful views. Such a good experience. Every corner we turned both of us were like “wow”. One minute your in deep snow (Mount Cook) an hour down the road to Wanaka, pure greenery, so surreal. The people in New Zealand were by far the friendliest people I have ever come across. We felt so welcomed everywhere we went, customer service was there unlike in Australia (sorry Aussies but you know it’s true) but it had a real personal feel to it, they genuinely seemed pleased to see us, asking questions about where we are from, where we are going etc. Everyone just seemed so happy… But to be honest, so would I if I lived there too. I want to go back to work as because I’m British I get a 2 year working visa (I think), I definitely want to work the ski season out there. Will be amazing. Queenstown was perfect. A small town surrounded by mountains but it had everything you needed and the vibes that any city girl wants. We had a wicked night out there (not that I remember much) but everyone was dressed in casual clothes, hats & scarves, fires burning in the bars, such a warm feeling. I just can’t wait to go back!