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hello everyone. left auckland yesterday to start my tour of new zealand. got on the bus 8am. the magic bus. it's really well organized. they stop at all the main places. you can get off or stay on it's entily up to you. they book activities for you,book hostel's for you. they do preety much everything and friendly to go with it. first stop was a place called waitomo. not much there. we went on a cave trip to see some glow worms!! it reminded me of when i went to cheddar gorge in somerset!! just without the glow worms!! they also do rabbit shearing!! yes rabbit shearing you heard me right. these rabbits are huge fluff balls!! wait til you see the picture's! they have to shear them every 3 months. they come from the mountains. the fur is used and turned into wool. they have a shop that sell's pretty much anything you can make out of wool!! weird hey?? next stop was rotarua. which seem's quite a cool place. last night we went to a mauri village. it was quite cool to find out the traditions and how they live. they also gave a singing and dance performance where they jump arond,slap sticks,and pull faces!! you're not aloud to laugh at them!! they take offence! it's there culture. serious stuff!! after we sat down to a traditional mauri meal. meat and veg basicly,but it's cooked for 4hrs under the ground in a rock and earth sort of oven!! it was quite nice to say the least. today i'm heading down to an activitie center called the agrodrome!! i'm going to get myself into this large plastic ball along with some water aswell. the best bit you get pushed down hill!! so that's going to be pretty mad! bit like being in a washmachine for the day!! i'll let you know how i get on if i survive to tell the story!! hope your well and working hard!!!! see ya later al
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