Queenstown Nov30-Dec3/08

We stay in Queenstown for a couple days as Peter wants to see if he can extend his stay for a couple months by getting a Visa.

I check into options for getting back to Auckland to catch my flight to Nepal in January (likely from Christchurch).

Queenstown is like Banff, Alberta...it is expensive and caters to rich tourists and barflys. After our quiet villages and towns and the warm and cozy motorcamp we stayed at in Greymouth, it is a stark contrast.

We consider what cycling we may be able to do in the time remaining before flying out of Auckland.

During this time we read of a terrorist attack in Mumbai, India and the airport in Bangkok shutdown with protestors.

Peter is granted a 3 month Visa extension after jumping through all the hoops and the immmigration person is kind enough to quickly process it and I therefore book a flight from Christchurch to Auckland for January 5th and stay a night at the hostel/hotel we first stayed at and will fly out the next morning for Nepal.