Lovely Wellington

I spent two days in the capital city of Wellington and it was very nice. Wellington surprised me by its size - it looks much bigger than Christchurch, but officially has half the population so I'm not sure how they managed to do that! It was by far the most cosmopolitan of all places I'ven been in NZ, but it was still a very friendly and warm city - no snobbery here! I decided against doing another LOTR tour, choosing to save it for another visit (perhaps with my elf lovin' sisiter Katrina). Peter Jackson's studio and the headquarters for the LOTR filming was in Wellington, so it ground zero for LOTR fanatics. People have even gone so far as to start calling Wellington 'Wellywood' because of the number of movies being filmed and created there.

I mainly walked around, took in the Te Papa National Museum (fantastic, and free!) and took a cable car ride. There was really great shopping, but I resisted and kept my money in my wallet. Afterall, there are more important things to be done in my last week that I need the money for anyway! Sorry I don't have anything more exciting to report about Wellington, but this was it. The next few days in Taupo and Rotarua will be much more exciting - skydiving, thermal pools, mud baths, zorbing and cave rafting. I'm finishing up my last week with a bang!