Alright I have 30 minutes of free wireless internet. This is what I've done this week: Went Blackwater Tubing in Waitomo (tubing through caves), watched a gigantic rabbit get sheared, went zorbing (explained below), hiked the trails of Mordor and saw Mount Doom, went to Church in a tiny branch and had kena afterwards (sea eggs and the most disgusting thing in my life), went to the toilet instead of the bathroom, and threw my garbage away in the rubbish bin, took a ferry ride, went luging (lugeing?), saw an official Maori Haka done at the Maori welcoming ceremony by real Maori's, and learned how to play a 4 chord progession on the guitar. .jpg)
A Maori Warrior on his canoe carved out of a tree. They said the uglier the better. He looks pretty ugly.
Me with my hair blowing in the wind as I ride the ferry to cross to the South Island..jpg)
This is Zorbing. Katie Jo, Marcie and I got in that giant hamster ball that they filled with water, and rolled down the hill! This picture shows Jacapo and Ramsay getting run over by the ball which we all got to do. It was A LOT of fun-worth all $44 New Zealand Dollars..jpg)
This is the LDS temple in Hamilton. I was trying to do a cool thing where the flowers are clear and the temple is blurry in the background and it worked. It was a small temple but way pretty. New Zealand is in a draught, no rain for over 30 days, so things aren't as lush and green as usual..jpg)
This is me in front of Mount Doom on the path of Mordor. Probably the hardest 12 mile hike I've ever done in my life, and the most spiritual as well.
This is the gigantic rabbit. Well it's only gigantic until they stretch it out and shear it, then it's really skinny. Did you know that rabbits cool through their ears? They get really hot with so much fur and will die if they get too hot or if their ears get covered.
This is Kena. After church the Branch President and the rest of the branch took us out to the parking lot and whipped these babies out. We all sat around and talked and ate Kena or sea eggs. It was so disgusting. The minute I put it in my mouth I wanted to throw it back up; but they love it! It was a really fun after church activity.
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I think you are confused Abby, you feel closer to heaven in New Zealand? New Zealand is almost as far south as you can go, and everybody knows Heaven is north! Hell is south. That also explains why it's so warm there in the middle of winter! And you trip to Mt. Doom was spiritual? Have you even read the book? It may not come across clearly in the movies, but Mt. Doom is a very evil place. But I know how you feel. I remember my boating trip with Charon across the river Styx into Hades, that was sooo spiritual!
Keep having fun! No kissing Maories! They only want one thing: to have ugly children (the uglier the better).
Do you get college credit for all of this? If that's the case, you get an "A" for fun.
That is an awesome picture of the flower and the temple. What is it with your whole family including in-laws being profession photographers all of a sudden?? I guess I missed the memo on how to do that. I'm so glad you are having a good time. Keep us updated..it is really cool to see all the pictures and show the kids what you are doing!
Love you!
Andy
I think you should have eaten the sea eggs until you loved them. Like serving people you hate--you do it until you want to and then you can stop.
Hi Abby - I found your blog through Hannah's! I'm so excited to see that you are having such a great time! Isn't New Zealand the most beautiful place ever??? Live it up - do all you can and just have a blast! It was good to see how well they seem to have the program running now. Tell Mark hi for me if you get a chance!
-Sarah (Coons)
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