Ayumi's Adventure

One-week Roadtrip with Romi > Our route: From Cromwell to Te Anau We had a week until our new job started in Te Anau. We had already arranged job and accomodation in advance (thank you Romi✨) so we could travel without any stress.  Our first stop was Queenstown even though we went there for so many times. I think it's my favourite city in NZ. We took the Skyline up to a mountain and did a little hike :) The weather was great that day. We also purchased a cheap tent at Kmart (like Tedi) for $19 (=9€), because we wanted to stay at campsites to save some money.  After having lunch at Ferg Burger - yes we queued for about 30min - we drove to Glenorchy, a small town at the lake. It's about an hour from Queenstown through curvy roads, but it's completely worth it. It won't be the first time visiting Glenorchy.  > One of my best pics in NZ The campsite that we actually wanted to stay had no ...

Working in a Cherry Packhouse in Central Otago 🍒  ----- The reason why I drove all the way down to Queenstown was the cherry season. There are plenty of cherry picking or packing jobs in this area, especially Cromwell and Alexandra. Romi (the Chilean girl I met in Opotiki) and I could luckily find a cherry packing job in Cromwell! For the first week, we stayed at a room shared with an Indian couple. We paid $160 a week each. > We tried to make cinnamon rolls, but the oven was stronger than expected. Some were really good tho. It was not bad, we had our own room and bathroom. But as we got to know that there is a couple of bunk beds available at the accommodation of the orchard, we decided to move out. It was located just next to the packhouse and the rent was extremely cheap - $50 (25€) a week!! Another advantage was that we could wake up 10min before work and be still on time. ⌚ Working hours We usually started at 7am, sometimes later sometimes earlier ...