We are now in Alexandra (or Alex as it is known by and how Alexandra will be referred to from now-so I don't miss spell it a thousand times) in the Central Otago district of New Zealand. When you mention Alex to people here it seems to bring two things to mind-it's hot and it's SO far in-land! They seem to forget that it's not humid at all-which means the heat really isn't bad, that it's crossed with rivers and lakes-including the Clutha River that is the highest volume river in the country and that the closest beach is about 2 hours away-oh and it's beautiful (I swear at some point I will use a thesaurus and stop using that word every sentence!)
Before we got to Alex, we stopped at Lake Wanaka and even though it's a touristy town and it was the weekend, it really wasn't crowded and the views were stunning! It's only a little over an hour from Alex, so we will defiantly be going back-if only to do the hike that our South Island guide book suggested-but then gave us wrong directions too, so we unknowingly did a different hike-still with great views!
We are getting settled in our new home-a small one bedroom apartment about as far from town as possible-but it's inexpensive and will be good enough for 6 months!! Hopefully we'll get the internet at some point in the apartment-but probably not for a while...
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