Yay, got up to North Island - Paraparaumu was my first stop. Felt colder than Norway, but it was a really beautiful beach right next to my hostel. Had a walk on the beach and got to see the sunset! Always smart to camp on the Westcoast if youre not one to get early out of bed!
After two days in Paraparaumu and one night in Wanganui I sat off too TAUPO! As soon as I got there I understood that this was more my kind of town. Just like Queenstown and Voss. I had heard that they had a really exciting high ropes course, so I thought I'd drive up there and check it out. Only to arrive at the spot and be extremeyl dissappointet at what I saw. Looked like a kiddy one. Would take half an hour to do all the challenges, and that was when you went back to the ground between each of them! BUMMER.. But drove ten minutes up the road and found this sign!
Craters of the Moon - it has nothing to do with stuff falling from the sky, they just call it that because it kind of look like it could belong on the moon. Smoke coming up from the ground - a horrible smell all over the place, and mud boiling down in the craters!
Next day was a day I had been looking forward too.! It started by this car coming to my hostel and picking me up!
After getting the limoride, I signed some papers agreeing my friends wouldnt sue the company if I died, and put on these sexy clothes!
And then I climbed into this cool plane, attached a big guy named Peter to my back and jumped up when we got to 15 000 feet! I can highly recommend it to everyone! SOOO much fun! Had 60seconds of freefall - just enjoying the view of Taupo. It was a perfectly clear day - no skies to fall through, so I got to see the town all way down. At 5000 feet, Peter pulled out the parachute and we had 7mins of flying before we were back on the ground. I was kind of dissappointed that it was over that fast! Wanted to go back up straight after!So if anyone is interested in giving me a LOT of many - I'd be happy to get my skydiving lisence! :)
Relaxed after the skydive by walking up this mountain. Wasnt very relaxing though - 45 mins of sweating uphill. But well worth in when I got to the top. And could eat a huge dinner afterwards! Even had a drink to celebrate my first ever skydive!
View of Taupo
Monday was all about driving from Taupo to Raglan, but I decided to make a pitstop in Hobbiton. Hanging out by the partytree! ;)
Baggend on top, and some more hobbitholes scattered around. The had originally 37 holes, but only 18 remains now. But, theyve starting rebuilding the others for the filming of "The Hobbit". The guide did not know when the shoots would start, but my best guess would be next summer. Anyone keen to fly to New Zealand, and try to sneak into the area? I know where it is! .... ;)
Nice view from Bilbo and Frodo's home! You can see the Partytree and the lake. On the other side of the lake was the pubs and shops of the Hobbiton village. They even had a mill and a bridge made of fake rocks!
Tuesday: my birthday! I drove to Waitomo, and decided to treat myself with some blackwater caving. So I got this funny costume on and abseiled down into a cave!
The guide kept telling us to squeeze through these cracks. This one was actually the more spacious one. I actually got stuck in one of them. I was sure They'd have to find some dynamite to get me loose, but after some time I was able to wiggle my bum out of there. Not my proudest moment!
It was after all a GLOW WORM cave, so we had a good look at all the glowworms! Just like stars. And like our guide told us: "If its raining and you want to camp under the stars, just come down here! You even get shooting stars - glowworms are clumsy sometimes!"
Yay, got up to North Island - Paraparaumu was my first stop. Felt colder than Norway, but it was a really beautiful beach right next to my hostel. Had a walk on the beach and got to see the sunset! Always smart to camp on the Westcoast if youre not one to get early out of bed!
After two days in Paraparaumu and one night in Wanganui I sat off too TAUPO! As soon as I got there I understood that this was more my kind of town. Just like Queenstown and Voss. I had heard that they had a really exciting high ropes course, so I thought I'd drive up there and check it out. Only to arrive at the spot and be extremeyl dissappointet at what I saw. Looked like a kiddy one. Would take half an hour to do all the challenges, and that was when you went back to the ground between each of them! BUMMER.. But drove ten minutes up the road and found this sign!
Craters of the Moon - it has nothing to do with stuff falling from the sky, they just call it that because it kind of look like it could belong on the moon. Smoke coming up from the ground - a horrible smell all over the place, and mud boiling down in the craters!
Next day was a day I had been looking forward too.! It started by this car coming to my hostel and picking me up!
After getting the limoride, I signed some papers agreeing my friends wouldnt sue the company if I died, and put on these sexy clothes!
And then I climbed into this cool plane, attached a big guy named Peter to my back and jumped up when we got to 15 000 feet! I can highly recommend it to everyone! SOOO much fun! Had 60seconds of freefall - just enjoying the view of Taupo. It was a perfectly clear day - no skies to fall through, so I got to see the town all way down. At 5000 feet, Peter pulled out the parachute and we had 7mins of flying before we were back on the ground. I was kind of dissappointed that it was over that fast! Wanted to go back up straight after!So if anyone is interested in giving me a LOT of many - I'd be happy to get my skydiving lisence! :)
Relaxed after the skydive by walking up this mountain. Wasnt very relaxing though - 45 mins of sweating uphill. But well worth in when I got to the top. And could eat a huge dinner afterwards! Even had a drink to celebrate my first ever skydive!
View of Taupo
Monday was all about driving from Taupo to Raglan, but I decided to make a pitstop in Hobbiton. Hanging out by the partytree! ;)
Baggend on top, and some more hobbitholes scattered around. The had originally 37 holes, but only 18 remains now. But, theyve starting rebuilding the others for the filming of "The Hobbit". The guide did not know when the shoots would start, but my best guess would be next summer. Anyone keen to fly to New Zealand, and try to sneak into the area? I know where it is! .... ;)
Nice view from Bilbo and Frodo's home! You can see the Partytree and the lake. On the other side of the lake was the pubs and shops of the Hobbiton village. They even had a mill and a bridge made of fake rocks!
Tuesday: my birthday! I drove to Waitomo, and decided to treat myself with some blackwater caving. So I got this funny costume on and abseiled down into a cave!
The guide kept telling us to squeeze through these cracks. This one was actually the more spacious one. I actually got stuck in one of them. I was sure They'd have to find some dynamite to get me loose, but after some time I was able to wiggle my bum out of there. Not my proudest moment!
It was after all a GLOW WORM cave, so we had a good look at all the glowworms! Just like stars. And like our guide told us: "If its raining and you want to camp under the stars, just come down here! You even get shooting stars - glowworms are clumsy sometimes!"
Høres ut som NZ er den beste plassen for Nina..
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