Wellington 1st -3 February 2007

The day of our ferry crossing was quite cloudy, it rained in the night and alot of our gear got soaked. There seemed to be a lot of "stag do's" on the ferry, after battling with the traffic and trying to find somewhere to stay we spent the night by the side of the road and the sea. The next morning we had a cup of tea at the chocolate fish cafe-that was frequented by the LOTR cast during filming. We caught the bus in town the next day with three nurses and darth maul! It turned out that the Rugby Sevens was on for the two days we were there. We took the "cable car" to the botanic gardens and also visited the Te Papa museum but the most amusing part was the fans in fancy dress. There were american presidents, nuns with fake boobs, aliens, borats and lots of men dressed as women!