Alien Stampede: A Wild New Zealand Road Trip

The sun rose high above the horizon, highlighting the rolling hills of New Zealand with its majestic golden light. The air was cool, crisp and fresh in a way that had gone by the wayside as civilization encroached on every corner of the world and left little room for nature to breathe.

Liam turned around to his companion sitting next to him on the worn leather bench seat, “You sure we are going in the right direction?” he asked her.

Maude took off her sunglasses and looked at him with a smile, “If I have said it once, I have said it a thousand times before.” she said in a light tone.

Liam smiled back, “I know, but you said we would be there by now if you had known how much longer it would take to drive all this way.”

Maude nodded, “It is taking longer than I had thought, we are about half-way there now. It's my fault for not researching where this place was located before hand.” She paused. “Well not exactly my fault but you know what I mean. Moving on! We are almost there! Just another three hours or so and we should be there when they open up in the evening!” she said happily.

Liam looked out of the window again as he drove along the highway towards their destination of Invercargill. Maude had told him over breakfast that she had found a new club to visit while they were in New Zealand on their road trip around the world. A few years ago they had spent some time searching for a good place to work while they visited New York City and Londinium respectively but after looking around for a while they realized that even though their skills were useful everywhere, there just wasn't enough demand for them outside London and New York so instead they went into business together as traveling entertainers who only worked when people needed them too. They had been everywhere ever since and were always looking for new places to go where their services could be appreciated by paying customers more than anything else.

They had stopped at Invercargill because it was close enough from Dunedin where they were staying during their visit to New Zealand but also far enough away from Christchurch where most of the people lived that they wouldn't expect there to be an exotic entertainment establishment anywhere nearby like Dunedin or Queenstown would have. Apparently someone knew better than them apparently since someone opened up a new strip club there within just two months of them deciding to stay at Dunedin which meant that now they were stuck driving for three hours just to get there after deciding last minute that maybe it wasn't such a good idea after all but this time Maude refused to listen and insisted on driving all the way out there which is why Liam was doing his best at driving carefully on these windy roads in order not to lose control of their van while also trying very hard not to lose hope in Maude's navigational abilities either.