Having spent quite a bit of time with the Stray bus, we decided to take a regular bus east across to the historic town of Dunedin where we were planning to meet up with Dave, one of our leaders from our time up in Auckland with CVNZ. The bus left early from Queenstown and we arrived in Dunedin at around lunchtime after a 4 hour trip across central Otago. Our hostel was slap bang in the middle of town, a stones through from the cathederal and lots of local shops an cafes. Dunedin has a nice feel to it as there is a large student population and people here are renowned for being a bit arty and alternative. The architecture is much older than almost anything we have seen in New Zealand and has a real Scottish feel to it. Infact we learned that 'Dunedin' is gaellic for Edinburgh - and was named when the first Scottish settlers arrived in the late 18th/ early 19th century.
Central Backpackers is probably the best hostel we have stayed in so far on our trip to date. There is only around 30 beds, with a modern kitchen and cosy living room complete with fire, sofas and throws and even Gizmo the cat. The rooms are stylish and comfortable too- somthing we have not also been used to so far!
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