I woke up in the van multiple times that night—not a good nights rest at all. The wind throughout the night was outrageous. I felt the whole van rock a couple times because of how strong the winds were. It was hard to fall asleep with the loud gushes of wind. It was also quite chilly and raining all night and this morning. There was a parking services man at our window though minutes after getting up....bumbumbum......we were getting a ticket for parking there over the allotted time. It was only NZ$40 so we split the ticket and paid it right away. Then we went to the gas station which had a McDonalds and free wifi. We hung out in the McDonalds/gas station, made some pb and j sandwiches for the ferry ride.
We drove to the ferry and were about 45 min early so we hung out in a line of cars and talked. At about 2:15PM, we boarded the ferry---drove the van right on to the bottom of the ferry and then went upstairs to the passenger level. This ferry was fairly big---had a food court (had lots of food---I remember hot chips, ice cream, and corn dogs--random I know). There was also a movie theater which cost NZ$12.50 and also an observation deck---There were about 500 people on the ferry. The rocking started to pick up and of course that's when I decided to go to the bathroom. I kept falling over in the stall--quite humorous to watch. But then my stomach started hurting so I went back and laid down. The rocking got a little worse but subsided shortly where I couldn't feel anything. The ride was about 3 hours long, we got off at about 5:45PM. I was back driving and drove right off the ferry and headed to Kaikoura.
It was only a 2 hour drive, however, through windy, mountainous roads. There were more roads on these roads. I had to pass one car on this one-lane highway which was a little nerve-racking, but successful! The wind was very abrasive, I felt it shift the wheels a little which scared me, but over-all the drive went fast and well.
Once we got to Kaikoura, we found a hostel called Dusty Lodge---most of the rooms were taken in the town so we split up according to our vans--Alyssa, MIsha, and Rory shared a double room which had 2 bunk-beds--Alyssa and I shared the bottom and Rory had the top. Misha requested the floor and he had an awesome Mink blanket he bought. Colin, Abby, and Jenn shared a triple upstairs where we made a pasta dinner from a nearby grocery store. After dinner, we all showered. I had a long talk with Colin that night about the hostility (one van drove faster and felt they were being held back by the slower van, but the slower van didn't feel comfortable driving faster) between the vans and straightened a few hurt feelings between the two.I hated this because I was driving with the faster van, but was good friends with the slower van and I was stuck in the middle of trying to get both to get along. I felt the communication that night made our relationships better, how to communicate amongst the vans, and how nervous he was to hear back from William and Mary (where he was transferring). The conversation got a little heated----we were talking at one point, arguing at another, crying the next, and comforting the next---lots of emotions, but very well understood each other at the end. By the time we were done talking it was already 2AM and I needed to get to bed. I went down to my room, climbed over Alyssa, and was out within minutes.
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