Woke up completely bitten by sand flies today. We were forewarned about them but no amount of insect repellent seems to put them off - little buggers!
The jet boating along the Buller gorge was great fun. It was another glorious day and although the boat wasn't as fast as the one I went on in the Bay of Islands it was smaller, which meant it could do loads of sharp turns and spins giving everyone a complete soaking which certainly woke us up. The scenery was also breathtaking.
After being picked up we head up the coast for a short walk to the beach and a bite to eat as we were ravenous as hadn't eaten anything all day. After lunch we stopped off in Greymouth to get outfits for tonight's party which was fancy dress. The whole bus had to agree on a theme and as it was Dave's birthday (one of the guys in my group) we won the vote and everyone agreed to 80's (although a couple of people vetoed it and went in bin bag costumes instead which was the second choice). We had great fun picking out outfits and couldn't wait to get to the hostel to start getting ready.
We all met at 7pm for a group dinner, an assortment of BBQ food, pasta salads and venison casserole before heading off to prepare. I chose a lovely pink dress, home-made green leg warmers and purple headband. The evening was really good fun, some were worse off than others though, with Dave having to be put to bed at 11am.
By the time we decided to get to bed (after too many snakebites and random shots) we realised that it probably wasn't such a good idea that we hadn't bother to hire duvets for the night. I at least had a sleeping bag liner but some didn't even have that and had to make do with a damp towel as a cover. Needless to say we had very little sleep.
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