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Oh my god what an adventure the last 2 weeks has been. Could be a long postcard this one. Tic and Shane arrived safely minus their baggage but not a problem we got it 24hrs later when we finally left auckland. When they arrived we did a whistle stop tour of auckland followed by dinner in the Revolving resturante in the Sky Tower which i must say was really yummy. Headed to Rotarua for our"Zorbing" experience which is basically rolling down a big hill inside a huge rubber ball with water in it - it was a great laugh trying to stand up was impossible and we really know how hamster feel now ! we also went to a Maori Culture night which was brilliant Shane was icked as cheif by our crazy bus driver called Ngata (Nutter), a very honurable role which Shane took very seriously, basically he had to face the Maoris at the entrance to their village and be welcomed it was actually quite scary especially with the facial expressions and the poking of the tongue. Watched the dancers andate the yummy food cooked in the ground. Then made our way to National Park and we climbed Mount Tongario 1947m bloody hard work but worth it for the views which you will see from the photos at a later stage. We then caught the 3 hour ferry to the south island and made our way to Kaikora which is my fav place so far we went on a Whale cruise and saw 2 Sperm whales and back on shore we witnessed about 6 Orcas about 200m from the beach chasing their dinner amazing sight. WE had a little walk along the beach and came face to face with a Fur Seal colony you really dont know they are there until they move then you think bloody hell thats close ! Tom managed to book us onto a Seal swim at the spare of the moment and it was brilliant they are so graceful in the water and come really close up to you, their eyes are huge. Headed to Orana Wildlife park and fed the Giarffes, piggs and best of all the Lions ! Yep we went inside a caged pick up truck and watched the keeper hand feed the lions it was scary, having these huge lions less then 5ms away from you and climbing over the top of the truck well worth it though. Next Stop the Speights Brewery and Cadbury world loads of free beer and chocolate so all happy !! We are now in Queenstown the place where all the fun happens. So far Shane has been the ponly one brave enough to do anything outragous and that was the Triology Bungy jump package. In fact we are just on the way out to watch him do the final jump - this boy is crazy. We are here for another few days so the rest of us might find some balls watch this space......
Much love Jojo, Tom, Tic and Shane xxxx
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