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Fordy On Tour
Well this is New Zealand Journal number 1!
Flew into Auckland, seems like so long ago now. Went to the skytower and was going to go up to the top on my own when i bumped into Fay and Beccy that i knew from Fiji so went up with them.
Swam with dolphins on my first day out of Auckland.......next! Did it in the north part in the Bay of Islands. It was such an amazing feeling when they swim around you and under your feet! They're all wild animals so had to pick the right time when to jump in with them in the lake.
Did some more sandboarding, this time it was much better than the one in Fiji as it was about 3 times bigger, i surfed down when the slope wasn't too steep!
We drove home on the 90 beach (which is actually about 70 miles!)
Bumped into Fay and Beccy again the next day, think they're following me as it's nowhere near Auckland!
Went on a walk to Cathedral cove and went to Matamate which is where Hobbiton was filmed from lord of the rings. didn't do the tour of it though cos most of it has been pulled down now so the tour was pointless paying for.
We had a night out at a Mouri Village, it was fantastic experience, we had to be welcomed to the village by accepting a peace offering. The men did the haka dance which was cool to see. They put on a massive feast buffet, had my money's worth there!
Walked round some geothermal hot pools and rocks the next day, but felt really hungover by then.
Waitomo was completely dead everywhere and no one around, went for a walk around the place and suprise suprise i bump into Fay and Beccy yet again!! was so funny seeing our faces when we saw each other! we went for a drink down the pub but it was shut, went to the next pub it was shut! went back to the hostel bar.....it was shut! it was 8.30pm and everything was shut. we walked up a hill to a hotel, it looked really freaky but we thought we'd get a drink anyway. the door was shut so we knocked on the door, the owners said the bar was shut but could sell us beer and then leave. We walked into the restaurant with her and we all were so uncomfortable in there, us 3 standing there in front of the owners having their evening meal, we got the beers and left as soon as we could, it was such a freaky place! next day we found out that hotel is supposed to be haunted!
The town was dead but they've got some cool caves there, we did some black water rafting which was great fun! Had to wear a wetsuit and some funny looking white boots and walk through a field looking stupid to get to the cave. Climbed through a hole in the cave and into freezing water. We got to jump off waterfalls backwards in the dark and land in our rubber tubes to float down the river, turn the headlights off and you look up and see so many gloworms, looked so cool!
Went to Taupo and did a skydive over the lake! oh my god it was absolutly amazing, such an adrenaline rush, was buzzing for ages afterwards! Got a dvd too, steve irwin died the day before so i dedicated the jump to him, you can see me say "rest in peace steve irwin!" Did a pub quiz that night which we won and got so drunk on free drinks!
River Valley was a nice little place in the middle of nowhere but not alot to do if not doing white water rafting which i didn't do as did it in america and was more expensive in river valley!
Did a jetboat trip which was OK but nothing special, basically go really fast and spin 360 degrees every now and then
We had a really cool night at some lodge in the middle of nowhere at Lake Mahinapua, we had a fancy dress night where you have to make your clothes out of bin bags! Me and Mike went as the Men in Black, we looked so cool!! Check out the pictures, made the jackets and ties, bought a white shirt for 60p!
I always like trying different kinds of foods when i go to new places..... i had possum pie! it wasn't too bad but just felt weird eating it!
Did a walk up Franz Josef glacier, it was one of the best things i've ever done, was so much fun. A few of us did the whole day trek which took about 7 hours and we walked the equivalent of 9 miles! Me nick and mike had such a laugh using the ice pick axe, everytime we stopped we just hacked away at the ice and making faces and sculptures! We climbed through holes and slid out the end, squeezed through tight walls, made our own steps to climb up the ice. We hade our own steps walking over a river, but i slipped and fell in!! got a bit wet in the freezing water!
Had a quiet night in that nght, had some beers and i taught everyone hardcore snap! it's now everyone's new favourite game, we had a great time!
We went out for a "couple" of drinks in Wanaka, and got home about 4.30am, me mike zoe and rachel were supposed to be getting the bus that morning but couldn't be bothered to get up so we had a lazy day doing nothing and watched top gun!
we went to Wanaka fest and saw some bands, it was a free concert, saw a poppy band, hip hop band and a DJ, they were all all really good
As most of you know, i cut my own hair but had a bit of a nightmare the other day, i managed to slice my ear when doing it! (stop laughing everyone!!) it was bleeding so much and kept on dripping onto me, was so painful! finished cutting the hair though!
we went to a puzzle world place, that was good fun, saw lots of illusions and stuff like that and walked round the maze.
last night we went to another fancy dress party! it was a 60th anniversary for a pub, it was gangster and glamour themed. me mike and nick all dressed in a black shirt, black hat, and made a tie out of a white scarf! the lady in the shop that we bought it from was loving us so she ironed the shirts and cut our ties and made the hats! again we looked so cool! i managed to get a gun from somewhere but don't remember how i got it in the night!
take a look at the pics and i'll update the website again when i finish in new zealand!!
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