base backpackers

Mom left and I was now with the ladies. They had made friends in the hostel, so I once again had a nice network. That evening we went to the hostel's bar for quiz night. We were on a team with an abosulute sweetheart named Michael, Al and his girlfriend, Russ the other American (very competitive), and some other girls. By the way quiz nights at bars are very big in these areas...never heard of one before Oz!

It was a fun night... we won! We won a $100 beer tab... and for 10 team mates that was a pitcher (or jug) of beer each. Harry (girl) also won the raffle mid-quiz, which was a $50 bar tab. She graciously shared. At the end of the quiz- wait quick interruption, one of the questions was what do all the continents names have in common? We guessed they all end in a vowel. Well, the answer was they all end and start with the same Vowel. ie. EuropE, AustraliA... but goth Russ and I argues that was hugely incorrect. North americA and South americA don't! Everyone in the bar argues that it was just the America's... but really, talk about ignorance... there aren't 6 continents.. there are 7! We got the question thrown out!

Back to the games end, after winning both beer tabs... there was now a drinking game contest- heads or tails. It is very simple: the person running the game flips a coin each round. The players have to guess either heads or tails by touching another team player on their heads or butt. I guessed tails each time... and WON!!! I entered at the last minute and had no idea what I was playing for- I thought it was another beer tab which I would have been very happy with. Nope, it was for a free trip to the Bay of Islands!!!!

The next day the girls and I signed up to go on a three day, two night Bay of Islands trip. We were to go the following day.