p.s. I got real bored while I was waiting for that video to upload and I found this

http://www.newspix.com.au/Packages/ViewImage.aspx?id=730377

haha so the newpaper didn't forget about me @ the Beer Can regatta...awe I feel so special

More Stewart Island pics..I guess I can be lazy as they don't really need a description...Beautiful island, free car for the day, strange phone attached to a tree, and lots of beautiful bays

And below is a video of me messing with my hula in the drive way of our island cottage....

Spoooooky Friday!!!!!

Actually it's Saturday in my world...But was Friday a spooky day?? Well yes it was...

I spent the evening taping my hula hoop in my haunted room....The place was real quiet, so I just listened to music and hung out.....The halls get a little dark(ish) and to save electricity the lights are all sensored so they go out and turn back on as you go through the hall....Nobody came to eat their dinner @ the dinning room yet...It remained empty with every table set up. Sometimes I would notice that one of the chairs was moved (could be a coincidence, or a ghostly encounter - only time will tell)....Maybe some of the ghosts had too much gin and had to break the seal.

Anyways I booked my sweet ass down to the octagon ( the town center is called the octagon because it's shaped as such) for 9:55 and went on the ghost tour. It was quite funny, because it was all old ladies that were having a reunion (they used to all work together and do a get together twice a year)....The tour guide Kate was real funny. She took us around the city and told us some cool ghost stories. We went to the cemetery after and did some creepy walking, and learned about some of Dunedins dark history. The cemetery was real dark too, I haven't been anywhere in NZ so far that has been this dark. I think it's because we're so close to the poles in summer it just doesn't really get fully dark......

Anyways afterwards we went to the pub got a free beer and got out Tarot reading for free....it was pretty sweet...All the old ladies went home and I hung out with Kate had some G n' T's and eventually went on my merry way to my haunted accommodation. Surprisingly I slept like a baby in a coma.......

Hey world

Today is a nice day....I have been around and out and about the southern part of NZ, and now I sit pretty in Dunedin.

We went to Stewart Island before which was a lot of fun. It probably is up there as one of the friendliest places in the world. I went with a cool girl I met named Jackie, we walked around a bunch during the day, and drank chai and tea. The best part was always the pub @ night. There are only 400 people on the island and everyone knows everyone. All the locals were extremely friendly and all offered us free cars for the day, fishing trips, salad journeys etc etc. It was nice.....Unfortunately we never got to go fishing because we had to leave on Thursday. We did score a free car though which was sweet. I drove for the first time since I've been away (That is kinda a lie, I drove once in Queensland for like 45 minutes)....It was fun, the roads are heaps narrow though on the little island.

Dunedin is a good spot though...a real Scottish/english looking place. I think that the hotel I"m @ is haunted. It's real creepy and all I can think about it

RED RUM RED RUM

uhmm well ya it is true though, It's also a little strange because I have the whole room to myself tonight (so reception tells me)

It's a hotel/back packers, but it doesn't really feel like anywhere I've ever been before....It's real empty, and all the walls have velvet on them with real strange decor. There is this strange dining room you have to walk through to get to the back packers side. It's always been empty never one customer...But I think maybe the place is full I just can't see them.

Since I have no friends today. (they all left on the Stray bus) I have walked around and had a nice Chrissy Date day...I ended up scoring free pipe for another hoop (mine is a little squashed), played on the net a bunch, and just enjoyed the city....I decided that since my accommodation is real weird and I don't have much to do in the evening that I will go on a Ghost Tour. I wanted to do one in Sydney, but never did....So now is my chance to shine. On Sunday I head back to Queeny and then up to Christchurch. I don't know if I"m going to the North Island afterwards or maybe going to work straight away..hmm?? Decisions Decisions!!!!

That's enough babbling bye now, I'm going to make a cup of soup and work on my hula hoop...
Love:
Chrissy Funzo

Some of cool chicks I met on the stray bus....Leaving Barrytown on the way to the Frans Joeseph Glacier

This is me getting ready to jump off the ledge it was real freaking high.....Hopefully I'll have the video up soon...it's taking forever to upload...ah eh

Hello

Well hmm I don't even really remember where I left off so I'll try to keep this semi point form...

NZ is still the greatest place on earth...Every day seems to get sweeter and more lovely. We went to Queenstown for two nights...Twas a good time...I did the Nevis bungy jump which is the second highest in the world (I'm uploading the video on you tube now)...It was definetely worth every penny even though it only lasted a few seconds. Even now when I watch the video or think about when I pushed my body 137 meters off a ledge I get a little rush of adrenaline...mmmm I can't wait to sky dive.

hMMm what else?? Went on a Milford Sound Cruise...It was also nice....A few other random places with kareoke and things like this. Today we were meant to go to Stewart Island but the ferry was cancelled because of the wind. So we're in a small town Invercargil (ah I'm pretty sure I spelt that wrong), It's cute here but not much to do really I guess...I think everyone is just going out on the piss tonight....a good idea I suppose.

Oh and I quit smoking....It's been real easy so far...every now and again I'll have a little urkling to smoke but meh it passes. I read this really good book: Easy way Quitting. It was actually really good and gives you a lot of good pointers...Since I've been in NZ I feel even more guilty about polluting my body and the beautiful surroundings. I have been doing a lot more yoga and hula hooping lately....yee ah

Anyways I don't really have much to say
Love:
Chrissy

These are Barry Town pictures.....Barry Town is a real small town with a population of about 40.....It's one of the best places for green stone (for it to find you on the beach)...I say this because it's very bad luck to find green stone and keep it for yourself...You are always supposed to give it to someone special..Also the stone is supposed to find you.....When it finds you, you should have it with you for a while so that your essence will be passed on when you gift it to someone...It's very sentimental and special. We found some cool stones but no green stone....I'm sure one day it will find me and I will be sure to give it to someone.....There is a pub that is attached to the hostel. It's my kind of pub I reckon...It has about 7 tubs of dress up clothes. Everyone gets dressed up The girls as gansters, and the boys as hoey girls from teh 40's...It was pretty funny...In the morning most of us dragged our sick selves out of bed and did some bone carving.....It was really fun....I took one of the designs and tweeked it a little bit to make a duck. I wear it all the time and, I'm sure it will bring me good luck. I loved Barry Town.....The beach is magnificent.

These pictures are all @ Abel Tasman National Park...It's breath taking beautiful...You could amost choke because of the scenery.....The first is the tractor that took me to the water taxi...We then got dropped off in the middle of the park (Bark Bay)...It was a 7 hour walk back... Probably the best walk I've ever done in my life.....The last one is a stuck up black swan that didn't want to eat my oats...pft the ducks play much friendlier

Kia Ora

Hey I'll make this semi quick because I don't have an excessive amount of time online right now. (Thank you typing class Grade 9-10).

I booked my Stray bus package and it is the smartest thing I may have done in the past year. So far we went to Kaikorra which is a real cool whale watching/dolphin swimming/surf town.....I know this sounds incredibly cheesy what I'm about to say. Perhaps sometimes I should keep my feelings to myself a little more, however I find the it hard be aloof....

When driving from CHCH up the coast, my eyes honestly began to water because of how nice it is here. I don't think my camera could capture how beautiful it is, nor my words. All I can say is that this is probably the most lovely country in the world, and I smile all day long (I do anyways but maybe 150% now or something I'm not sure )....Me=Kiwi Princess.......purrr

Anyways Kaikorra is a sweet town...I met a real cool girl and we push biked down the coast to go and hang out with the seals and have one cider. Followed by other random acts of stuff. Today we drove to Nelson (we met another cool girl on the way too)...The drive was real nice.....In Australia it's quite boring when your driving...Here you go in and out of mountains, go through picturesque towns, and see seals the odd time. Nelson is a real nice place....I think I'll do the loop and then come back here for work (more then likely)......Tonight though the two stellar chicks I have met were going to have a g 'n' t night and enjoy the festivities. Tomorrow we don't have to wake up early either so it's pretty good. ahhhhhhhhhh Okay I have to run now....

Bye bye bye bye love love

Chrissy Funzo

p.s. I'll post pictures soonish

haha I love that sign....I think it's one of the only funny window things I've seen

There is a lot of nice scenery here in CHCH...There are huge hills/mountains outside the city. You can kinda see them in the first picture. Some nice graffiti, along with hot girl climbing into boxes, and crazy kids feeding ducks. The sky I find is always extremely beautiful here. The clouds just cover the city like a velvet blanket, with a few in between that look like pictures when you use your imagination. I love New Zealand, it's like a more compressed/warmer version of Canada. The people are easy on the eyes I think too....I see real pretty faces riding skateboards down the street and I have to hide my rosy cheeks. I have a real weakness for the kiwis...

The ducks in CHCH were probably the friendliest ever (next to the first time I really connected with them in the long long ago land -I could write a book about that though so I wont go on here). There was one that was the little runt. He was real clumsy like and tripping over his feet when trying to catch my special duck bread. I payed special attention to him and tried to make sure he got his share. His brothers and sisters were a little greedy with the poor darling. There was a thirty something cute lady feeding them on the other side of the river too...She was real youthful in her solitude feeding the other ducklings. I thought to myself that will be me in ten years, except I'll be wiser and probably know more about the different kinds of ducks along with other wikipedia information....yes yes!!!!!!

Here are some pics from the plane, followed by Cathedral Sq. in CHCH. The hula hoop girl was awesome and did a duo with her 'brother'. I hung out with her for a bit afterwards and she taught me a trick. If I'm back here next year I'm going to her classes for sure..she gave me her card. She has very sexy styles-yes she does!!

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Here are some pictures of my time in Perth. Perth is probably my favourite city in Australia. It's a real shame I didn't land there instead of Stinky Sydney (no regrets really but ya know). The first ones are me feeding ducks @ Kings Park, followed by a day trip with my friend Tayna to Freemantle. Freemantle is a wicked spot south of the city. Sweet stuff!!!!