Wellington, not the boots

Location: Franz Josef tourist info
Weather: Sunny and Alpine

After returning the car to Taupo I took a fantastic 6 hour journey on a very hot day in a bus thats air conditioning had broken and so I probably lost about 5 stone in sweat before getting to Wellington. Checked into the zebra-striped Wildlife House hostel. Good place, considering it was dead, I had my own room. Despite being in a daze I went out on the town with some people I met as it was a Saturday night and I had been told Wellington was a hip n'happening place to be at the weekend and it wasn't bad. I stayed out until early morning, walking home it occurred to me the reason I was so 'out of it' was that I had stayed up for almost 24 hours on 4 hours of sleep, hoorah! Next day I had a long sleep.
Well what can I say about Wellington, it's the capital of Kiwiland and has quite a few good shops that actually open after 5pm The museums (Te Papa and the City & Sea one) are very good and the parliament looks like a beehive. The harbour and bay view that you get when you ride the cable car up the hill is also most excellent.

By JamesReed on 23.04.04 @ 07:22 AM GMT