Archiv für den Monat: März 2011

Dunedin reminds me of Scotland. The names of the streets are all Scottish, the people have a Scottish accent and the weather seems to be nice but the wind is terrible. Despite these nice things Dunedin is a tourist region. You can do everything you like – if you have and if you are willing to spend enough money. We and E.’s friend A. went for a day trip to Otago Peninsula. There we wanted to visit the penguin and albatross colony – a tourist trap! They wanted to charge us $45 each! Hey, we had penguins and seals for … Continue reading →

This morning we checked out of the backpackers in Oamaru and left for Dunedin. I decided to go through the mountains, so we headed inland to drive over Denseys Pass rather than simply driving down the coast. The scenery was amazing and everywhere you looked there were endless mountains. Of course I stopped to photograph everything! We spotted some huge button mushrooms in one of the fields we were driving by and E. said they were called Horse Mushrooms and that you could eat them. We stopped the car and snug through the fence to pick a couple and take … Continue reading →