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I got over my fear of heights and went cliff diving. Apparently, this is where they filmed the Forbidden Pool in Lord of the Rings The Two Towers. I like to tell people I did a 360 backflip.
New Zealand so far...
It's been a while I know! It's raining today in Taupo, so the crew is having a lazy day. I finally pitched in for some wireless internet so I got time for a brief update. I touched down in Auckland and spent a week there pretty much waiting for our tour bus to come. Not much to do there except go to clubs. Sometimes even a nightclub! Some of them even give you free food and drinks on certain days. After Auckland, we went to Rotorua, which has crazy awesome geothermic activity, geysers and mud pools. It smells like rotten eggs, so if you're into that check it out. Following that was Waitomo, where we explored the legendary Waitomo caves. We were 11 stories underground. There were glowworms, zip-lining, tubing, waterfall climbing and cookies involved. Hands down one of the coolest things I've ever done. We hitchhiked to Raglan which was a surfer town to do some surferering. It's a pretty easy sport to pick up, especially if you're a skater or a snowboarder. After Raglan we ended up in Taupo which is where I am right now. It's my third day here. Yesterday we went skydiving! The picture above is just before we got on the plane. That's Cooper, Sara, Jesse, Ross and Me. We went up 15000 feet in the plane and freefalled for about a minute before deploying the parachute. It was pretty exhilarating. If you've ever been ice-fishing, you'll know what I'm talkin' bout. Tomorrow we are going to hike Mount Ngauruhoe, which you may know as the mountain used as a stand-in for Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings. Thats about the sum up of all coolest things I've done here so far. I'll definitely keep y'all posted when I can.
New-Z & Auz-Z
This is Aristo Lam a.k.a BestKeptSecret, the new writer for ListenUp. I'm heading for New Zealand and Australia TODAY @4:55 Saskatoon time. I will be gone for 5 months, backpacking and working. I probably won't be able to blog much, let alone have internet service, but I'll try to keep ListenUp posted on what I'm up to....which will most likely or definitely involve acting out key scenes from Lord of The Rings.
To quote Dwight Shrute: "I will travel to New Zealand, and walk the Lord of The Rings trail to Mordor and I will hike Mount Doom."
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