Surviving the South Island Part 3

EG and I headed to beautiful Milford Sound and entered the Fiordlands! It was breathtaking! Every view was incredible and you felt like you could never see anything as beautiful until you'd turn around and see something else more spectacular! Wow! The road down was a little treacherous so we had to spend the night and take the Milford Sound Cruise on the next morning. Sleeping in the van was a bit weird (you have to assemble the bed and it is a bit dodgy) and the rental company failed to give us window screens or curtains so anyone could look in an see us sleeping! Still a great experience! After our fill of sites we hopped back into the van and headed for Wanaka!
Wanaka turned out to be a sleepy but quaint resort town that catered to the skiing set. We immediately went in search of our hot snowboarding instructor from the weekend! We had insider info that he doubled in the evening as a barman at a local haunt. Sadly, some guys are much cuter in snowboarding gear and goggles than they are in normal clothes. So ended our crush! Hit Treble Cone and unfortunately it hit EG back! She ended up with a broken tailbone and in a country that has never heard of Vicatin! Poor dear was in pain but such a trooper! After a few days in Wanaka we realized we were running out of time and money and had to start heading North again! EG and I decided the only proper way to end the trip would be a repeat visit to Queenstown!
Friday night and we decide the best choice is to do the pub crawl in Queenstown! This is an organized crawl of 6 different bars/clubs throughout the town! Oh man! Started off at Buffalo Club then hit Fraser's and the strongest daiquiris I have EVER tasted! Ended up at Altitude and it was a crazy circus themed party! I mean clowns, stunt people, a bearded lady and even a guy who came in on a motor bike and did a wheelie on the dance floor! It was the craziest party I have EVER been to! The energy in the room was pulsating and EG and I jumped right in and went mental on the dance floor! This endeared us to many of the patrons! We met so many fun people! After awhile we were told the pub crawl was moving onto a bar called Tardis (yes Doctor Who fans there is a bar called Tardis and trust me I got a picture in front of the sign :) so we grabbed our coats to head out the door and what do we discover?! A whole bottle of Famous Grouse is nestled in my coat! It heading with us on the pub crawl! Trust me, we were the hit of the party in every bar we went to :) After a couple more places that kind of blend (or is that blur) together, we ended up at Winnie's. This is a great bar with a massively packed dance floor! Jumped in the fray again and met more lovely souls (including a sexy Welshman that we took to the next place :) Ended our big night out at World Bar (we seem to have a soft spot for it)! Ran into our Aussie roomies' friends from the previous weekend and danced up a storm. I think the alcohol was finally wearing off EG and she was feeling the pain of the tailbone breakage again (or maybe it was all the guys grabbing her bum and picking her up trying to take her away!) by the end of the night. She decided to go for her Plan B (what to do in case her travel buddy is preoccupied with a guy) and swung by Fergburger. She picked up a delight on a bun but was unable to enjoy it because a drunken Irishman kept chasing her! She had to run to the camper and lock the doors! She said she woke up on the bench (didn't bother assembling the bed), frozen with stiff sheets with a Fergburger wrapper and drool stuck to her face! I woke up rested in a big, comfy , warm bed! She had no sympathy for the 2 hour walk of shame I did in miniskirt and highheeled boots! So, both a little worse for wear but happy we started the trek North!
Thus we said our goodbye to the gorgeous South Island and all the wonderful adventures we had! On the ferry crossing North, EG turned to me and said, "Want to drive to Auckland with me and see me off at the airport?" I thought why not?! I had no schedule and didn't want the adventure to be quite over!