Skydiving!
crazy, mad, fantastic and the best thing i've ever done!!
Poor Alice was really nervous and so I dont think I was a great help as we all know how crazy i get when im excited!! My tandem master was a groovy Swede (who was impressed I knew the Swedish word for tent!) and decided it would be cool to do lots of somersaults and spins with me! Im so doing the licence when I get back!!
Kiwi Kapers!
New Zealand really is the adults ulltimate playground and i've been making the most of it!!
Here are a few pics of the stupid things ive actually parted money to do!! (And loved every second of!!) For some reason the computer wont let me upload my skydiving photos so i'll have to bore you all with the DVD when im home instead!
1. Mount Ruapehu - the highest mountain on the North island.
2. The joys of wearing a wetsuit! This was our group that went black water rafting! We hadnt seen the cave yet so thats why we're all smiling!!
3. A typical new Zealand waterfall - there are millions of them!
4. Mount ngarahoe aka Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings!
5. The guys im travelling with out on Jons birthday! From the left - Whitey, Lucy, Chestney, Jon, Alice and Skye.
6. Action Alice with free party clothes!
7. The luge track!! So much fun!
New Zealand!
Wow - that is the best way to describe New Zealand - I LOVE IT! I have done and seen so much so here and have already made some amazing friends!!
Here are some intro pics!!
1. Rotorua - the geothermal capital of New Zealand! It has hundreds of mineral pools and sulphur pits etc which is interesting!! Its great to swim in but it stinks of rotten eggs so we literally have to walk around covering our noses!!
2. Cathedral Cove - No amount of photos could do this place justice! Its a deserted beach about 45 (very very steep!) mins walk from a road and is just paradise. There are white sandy beaches, crystal clear waters and amazing rocks just off the shore. It gets its name from a gigantic rock arch that seperates one beach from the next.
3. Alice, Skye and Jon - three really cool people that im travelling with. I met Skye (the dark girl) on the plane from Cairns and Alice in the Auckland hostel. Alice didnt have any plans for NZ so she decided to buy the same pass as me and so we're now together until the 8th May. She's a top girl although she's a Chelsea fan - I suppose no one's perfect!
4. Rotorua from the top of a mountain! One of the Kiwi Experience activities is lugeing from the top of this mountain!! You take a cable car to the top and then sit on a small plastic tray basically and you try and control yourself along an incredibly fast track!! that was so much fun!
5. Jill and Roberto - these guys I met in Vietnam and are just the coolest people ever!! This is them standin on their deck at home - what a view! They very kindly invited me to stay with them for a few days and took me fishing as well as to the Bay of Islands and to Waitangi.
6. Sky city, Auckland. This is the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere and dominates the Auckland skyline. Yes, I know its out of focus!
7. A traditional maori marae. Im getting really into the maori culture and have really enjoyed learning about it. I would explain all about the marae but it would take too long so i'll just let you admire it for now!! I'll bore you with all the details when im home!!
