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Hello again everyone!!!! Once again i am SOOOOO sorry for the lack of blog entries & photos! The internet is extremely slow in internet cafes & hostels - and the computer i am on now doesnt even have usb ports so i cant upload any more photos! but i will do so ASAP - i PROMISE!!! Anyway, at least i can update you all on our antics for the last couple of weeks; if i can remember....lol
Tuesday was our first day in NZ - seems like a nice place but the weather is really miserable!! Plus Auckland isnt as good as Sydney - the vibes just arent the same!! We discovered today that there isnt much to do in Auckland so we are leaving as soon as possible - Thursday methinks. We visited the post office & info centre and then planned our next couple of weeks. in the evening we made some new friends (again - lol) called amy, sarah & faye so spent the whole evening talking to them! Plus we were joined later by some strange guys called mark & ...erm...someone!! Dan thought he looked egyptian but never mind... We were also visited by a ghost!!! We were telling scary stories with each other then the lights turned off - then on again!!! we were all soooo creeped out!! but we thought someone could be playing a prank on us!!! then dan said 'can anyone smell burning?' - and the toaster was turned on!!!!! There was noone anywhere near it so we have no explanation!!! scary stuff!!!! We named him Julian.
Had a long lie-in today after a really late night last night - then went to auckland museum with sarah, amy, faye & their travelling buddies george & ryan. We didnt quite realise how long it would take to walk there!!! about 70 mins later we finally arrived - lol!!! quite interesting place with cool aboriginal stuff (really descriptive i know!!!). in the eve we chatted until really late again!
Thursday we got the naked bus (unfortunately no nakedness involved - we were both very disappointed lol!) to rotorua. Is quite a dead place - really small & empty! Plus it absolutely STINKS of sulphur!!! cos of all the hot springs around the place! We did some more in depth planning & food shopping. plus we met a couple of guys (Chris & Adam) from Sydmouth!!!
Friday was AMAZING!!! White Water Rafting in the morning!!! soooo much fun! We went down the highest commercially raftable waterfall in the world - 7m!!! Plus we capsized at the bottom!!! sooo scary - we thought we were going to die for a few seconds!!! really want to do it again!!! in the afternoon we went to a nature reserve place called rainbow springs with chris and adam! good fun - we bought some 'i am a tourist' straw hats and made up a funny dance which we did all night!!! good stuff!
Saturday was our trip to Hell's Gate - NZ's largest geothermal place - lots of hot springs! really interesting tour and then.... a mud bath!!!! well funny! and gorgeous and warm!!! had to have a freezing shower afterwards though to close our pores & keep our blood circulation going! then we had a nice sulphur bath - unfortunately made us stink even more!!! good fun though! we went with chris & adam in the afternoon to a place where we caught a skyline thingy up the mountain/massive hill - then did luging!!!! A luge is kind of a mix between a go kart & a toboggan! Great fun!! Dan managed to fall of though!!! So we all laughed at him of course! we missed the last bus back to the town centre so had to walk for an hour to get back!!! luckily the company was good!! Watched a really strange movie called Eastern Promises in the eve - if you want to see Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from LOTR) naked then this is the film to watch!! lol.
Sunday we did our geeky thing - went to visit the movie set of Hobbiton from LOTR!!! Well class - got to hang around all the hobbit holes!!! Acted a few silly scenes out!!! (kat - i did my own 'we're taking the hobbits to isengard' thing at the set!!! cracked up with laughter!!). in the eve we had a massive bbq with chris & adam - full of gorgeous meat!!! the best meal we've had in ages!!! Yesterday we had beef & onion tinnned thing with rice & it was DISGUSTING!!! like dog food or something! never mind......
Monday we had an exhausting day - but again fabulous!!! We went over to Waitomo Caves to do a Rap, Raft & Rock combonation adventure!!! First we had to abseil into the caves - well scary as we had to dangle at the top while our guide took our photo!!! Mine is awfull i look so petrified!!! He took it & said - cant you smile any better?!!!! lol. never mind! then we went caving for a while - the water is FREEZING in the caves!!! deep inside we all turned off our headlights and the glow worms are AMAZING!!!!!! looks like the starry night sky!!! Then we did a bit of black water rafting - basically floating through the caves in rubber rings!! He then made us crawl through really tight spaces to really experience caving - quite scary actually! and a lot harder than it seems!! Lastly we had to climb back out of the caves - the guide made it look so easy, but it was NOT!!! Plus i made the mistake of looking down halfway up!!! bad move!! in the eve Sonny (the guy who runs the backpackers we are staying at) took a group of us over to a natural hot pool!!! Was quite good fun - but completely pitch black down by the water!!! Scary stuff - but worth it!!!
Tuesday was probably the second best day in NZ! We went over to the Agrodome (basically a big farm in the middle of nowhere with random extreme sports!!). The first thing we did was the Swoop!!! OH MY GOD!!! It was AMAZING!!! but sooooo scary! surprised i did it! the piccies sort of show it better but basically you are in a sleeping bag type thing and hoisted up 43m lieing horizontal! You can go up in pairs. then the men of the ground count '3,2,1' and you pull the cord!!! i pulled it as i wouldnt let dan do it!!! But he had braced himself for there to be a huge pause between 1 and me pulling the cord! i pulled it immediately though as if i hung around i would not have done it!!! You plummet to the ground at 120kph the just befor hitting the ground you swoop up and swing backwards & forwards!!! WEll fun! we want to do it in a canyon now!!! then we went on the agrojet - a really fast jet that swerved around the track! last thing we did was a zorb!!!! so funny! both me and dan went in the same zorb in which a bucket of warm water is thrown in. then we both had to stand up and walk to the edge of the slope... then you suddenly fall over & roll down the hill!!! hehehe! we giggled the whole way down!!!! in the eve we watched a couple of strange films. plus we had to say goodbye to chris and adam as they were leaving for wellington!!! so sad!!!!
About to run out of time on the internet so am off now! hope you all enjoyed it! will update it again in 3 or 4 days hopefully and try and upload some piccis! Anywho, missing you all & looking forward to seeing you again!!!
love love
bekki & dan
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