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Yesterday, I wanted to make my own bone carving but the studio isn’t open on the weekend. So I went to the weekend market in town and found a 10.00 bone carving I liked and bought it! It was a pretty chill night but we(Obrie, and Xavier, a Frenchman) went out for a couple of drinks before heading off for an early night because we had to get up to catch the bus this morning to go to Franz Josef. I will be doing a full day glacier hike tomorrow with Xavier and a couple of others from the bus!
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Way easier than Tongariro but still very long and had it’s challenging parts as well. This was 11 km and 6 hours. Had a 45 minute lunch break at a beach though. The waters were crystal clear, aqua blue which kinda implied warmth but it is very deceiving because it is ice cold!

The trail had parts that looked lush, just like in LotR and parts where it was recovering from a forest fire from a few years back. That made the area black, dark, and slightly ominous.

The views of the sandy plains, beaches and ocean were gorgeous. I think it’s kinda like Canada except all the parts are squished into a tiny island instead of so spread apart.

I tripped over tree roots and rocks about a dozen times twisting my ankle… What can you do? I want to look at the view, not stare at the ground!

Tramped the trail with Sara, the Swedish gal and a guy we met on the trail from our suttle bus, Sebastion, a German.
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Yesterday I went to the really cool cable car and took a ride up to the top of the lookout there where there is a botanical gardens and a planetarium. The botanical gardens were quite beautiful although I didn't ... [Continue reading this entry]

Can you see the opening credits of LOTR? View of one of the mountains in the national park Mona and Dave (random guy in middle) climbing the south ridge [Continue reading this entry]

And it kinda was too! It was Labour Day Monday on the 24th so the cafe had a 15% surcharge on your bill. It happens in every business open on a Public Holiday.

If there is only one thing you do in Wellington, it should be to visit Te Papa Museum! The entire day today was spent there trying to see all the exhibits and I spent 5 hours there but I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Let me just say that you all will be very proud of me for doing this crazy, crazy trek! As Dave (or E-VIEL as I like to call him) can attest to when we went hiking up that stupid mountain ... [Continue reading this entry]

Skydiving with Taupo Tandem Skydiving was pretty cool! I had woken up this morning at 8am cuz I had to check weather conditions. The clouds have made the past few days ... [Continue reading this entry]

Was AWESOME! I loved it so much I paid for a second run! I did a two person wet ride with the Joci, the girl I met travelling, just cuz it is cheaper but we realized that the ... [Continue reading this entry]

so, I"ve just finished my emails and logged into the blog to get ready to update when the timer goes off to tell me I"ve only got 5 mins. So, this will be short and sweet and will fix ... [Continue reading this entry]