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My hand is really going through the wars but it is worth the nuisance of wincing when I forget and use that hand to stuff things in a bag. Most of these were caused by River Valley (not sure what happened to the index finger) which is a cute little lodge set by a river, in a valley. I was the only one to stay 3 nights so separated from the crew a bit but got to see some old faces again. I surprised them by sitting in the lounge knowing full well when they would arrive. I met Tom from Wales whilst waiting and we got on great but by Sod's law he is going North...
What have I done here?
- Enjoyed the seclusion.
- White water rafted in a fun-yak/ducky (a 2 man raft).
- Clambered through foliage and over rocks, waded through the river, shallow water solo-ed around a mini cliff, hopped a rapid and swam in my own little pool.
- Read my book with feet dipped in a rapid.
- Drank lots of beer with fun people.
- Played many table banging games.
- Walked up the far side of the valley with Charlie and Ileina.
- Climbed under and over a table without touching the floor.
- And enquired about working there for food and lodgings and free activities on the way back.
White water mini-rafting The best value and funniest activity so far. The demonstrations of what to do and not do had me in stitches before we even got in the raft. Me and beebs/puma had such a laugh trying to predict which way we would go only to be span around and taken another way... Or get grounded on a rock. Saved a life, sort of, I rescued Mike from the rapids and then we took him back to his raft where Tom had got it stuck. Witnessed a near miss meteor strike on Derek the instructor (a rock fell from the cliff). Great work out and I'm still aching.
Definitely the best day of NZ so far and in the top 10 of the trip. Now we are on the way to Wellington through a town called bulls who like to make a lot of play-on-words, eg. consta-bulls, releiva-bulls and informa-bulls. Beautiful ride. Just need to not fall asleep.
Tom I got a mention! A very nice blog brother. 9/1/2014
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Tom I got a mention! A very nice blog brother.