Sunday, December 28, 2008

Four months in New Zealand summed up in From's and To's

So I spent May-August of this year in New Zealand snowboarding
This pretty much sums up my excperience...

From Toronto to Denver to San Fran to Christchurch to queenstown
From picking up baggage to “what do we do now?”
From ‘cool’ to ‘sweet as’
From walking to the ’92 Volvo 740GL
From right-side-drive to roundabouts to no stoplights to mountain switchbacks
From Base to Deco to Pounamu to Purple Cow to Deco
From Qtown to Arrowtown for famous pies, skateboarding, and soccer
From Arrowtown to the pond to feed ducks….quack quack mufukka
From 'No food or drinks in the common room' to 15 people with smelly feet cramming in there to closing at 12 to food being stolen (usually milk) to security cameras
From snowboarding to making dinner to watching discovery channel to going to town
From Altitude to Buffalo Club to Winnies to BarUp to Tardis or 24 convenience store
From steak & onion rolls to chicken cordon bleu to deepfried lasagna
From 4 hours sleep to Remarks or Cardrona
From dry dusty switchback to icy, muddy, no vis(ibility) snowchain drives up
From BSB to Ducks to Dagz
From foreigner to local
From Aussies to Hong Kongers to English to Danes to Canadians to Irish to Irish to Irish to Irish to Irish to Irish to Irish to Irish to Irish………
From snow 1 day in Q-town to wearing t-shirts around
From Mt. Hutt to that amazing cheap take-out spot
From Milford Sound to Remarks to Cardrona to Snowpark to Mt. Hutt to Ohau
From the Regrettables, to Trouble Cone to Concrete Peak to Mt. Shutt
From Queenstown to Wanaka
From steak and cheese to nacho and cheese to sausage rolls to mince (pies for breakfast)
From 14.99/lb of peppers to $4 Powerades
From ‘Whats the craic’ to minger to sound to lush
From snowboarding to skateboarding in the same day
From Tui to Speights to Monteiths
From Queenstown to Auckland to San Fran to Toronto

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