Road to Welly

The day of our departure from Hawke's Bay dawned rainy and cold. But that didn't dampen our enthusiasm for starting our journey. My flatmates dropped us off at the bus station in downtown Hastings to catch our 8:00 AM NakedBus to Wellington. Now I'm not sure why it is called Nakedbus, but I was relieved to find everyone fully clothed when we boarded. Too bad Amy and I took the name literally and decided to forgo clothing! Just kidding-we were fully clothed as well. It was a good thing too, it was freezing inside the bus. Apparently, no heat could be turned on because it would fog up the driver's window. We managed to stay warm-just barely for the 5 hour drive to the capital city of Wellington.

The Nakedbus dropped us off in the middle of town, however, we still had to walk quite a few blocks to get to our backpacker, where we were staying the night. It wasn't so bad, except that we did have two backpacks and one huge duffel bag each. Combined with the rain, it didn't make for a very relaxing jaunt to the hotel. I did try using my umbrella, but found it to be useless since it turns upside down with the slightest bit of wind!

After finding our accommodation, the rest of the afternoon was spent at Te Papa Museum. A great place to spend a rainy day! Wellington turned out to be a nice sized city with real shopping malls! I realized I kinda missed being in a big city with all the city conveniences. I wasn't ready to actually do any shopping in the mall, however, we did stop and see The Bee Movie that night.