Today was a lazy zero in Queenstown.
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I slept in, until after 8. I needed the sleep.
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I got breakfast at the restaurant next door to the hostel. I got there a few minutes before they opened, at nine.
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I returned to the hostel and relaxed in the common room until lunchtime.
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Not wanting to spend a lot of money on lunch, and just wanting something simple, I went to McDonald’s. Outside of big cities, I haven’t seen many of them in New Zealand.
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I went to my new hostel, Nomads Queenstown, and waited in the lobby until I could check in at three.
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I was first in my room, so bottom bunk for me. Yay!
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I went to the nearby Four Square and got my resupply, four days along the Mavora Walkway to a highway where I’ll hitch into Te Anau.
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Dinner was at a Thai place, @ Thai. It was very good.
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The weather today was nice, though it little cool. In three evening, it started raining a lot.
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Also in my room was Anna, from France, who came to New Zealand to get away from her job for a while, and was traveling with some friends for a little while before deciding to do her own thing. She asked me for travel advice for the North Island. I gave her some, but my experience is limited to the TA, so I’m not sure it was all that helpful.