ok, so i haven't been updating my blog with any text entries for a while. i've been busy, okay? keep your socks on. sheeeeesh. sue is here now and we're having the craic.
here's a round up of the recent stops we made:
auckland
went up sky tower on paddy's day. caught the end of the parade in the city. met saint patrick - he's from new zealand. met up with mick's friend, claire. had food and pints. went to bed. got up @3am to go watch the ireland VS italy rugby game. went back to bed happy. woken up by phone call from mick calling the french b4stards. back to sleep. tired.
rotorua
walked around thermal wonderland to see what the earth's core is farting out, and the crazy colours it produces. took a dip in a local spa pool river thingy in kerosene creek, hot water and all! went on the luje again, but this one was waaay better than the one in queenstown. fell off my luje by going too fast around a corner. hit the barrier, rolled 3 times, hopped back on and assed my damage when i got to the bottom. lots of grass stains, few scrapes, but no bones broken. wend down again twice more, and slowed a bit for the killer corner. went on a brilliant jeep safari with dee and sue. we got to drive a suzuki jimny jeepy thing for an hour over all sorts of obstacles, we all really enjoyed it. went to MATAI maori evening. cost a bit, but well worth it. loads of maori singing (if you could call it that) and dancing and even a traditional war dance on kayaks, then a slap up meal, then some history and a look at the glow-worms. sweet.
coromandel peninsula
cathedral cove walk to a secluded beach with amazing sea arches and sea stacks. a geographer's veritable erroding wet dream. went to hot beach and dug a hole in the sand in line with the hot springs. mix of boiling hot water from the springs and cold water from the sea fill up the hole for a natural jaccuzzi. actually, we got there a bit late and all spaces to dig were gone, so we robbed an old couples abandoned hole - score!
orewa
went to cinema to see hot fuzz. my god, was i wrong about this film. the trailer made it look slapstick and crap. best film i've seen in quite a while. very fresh style.
paihia
just got here! give me a chance! 5 nights left in NZ.
