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Surf's Up!!
... some nice white water but slipped off as soon as i tried to stand, my hands repeatedly slipped from the board and after an hour or so i took a break and had to give Laura a go. I was an appalling teacher and after a few failed attempts we gave up.
We dried ourselves and went back into raglan for lunch. We decided on a great little place called the Shack where Laura had a beef burger with cheese and a tomato salsa sauce and salad, which she ...
Surfs up (and so are the grey clouds)
... beach but there is only so much enjoyment you can have when it looks like rain so decided to visit the Volcom shop and take advantage of their half price offers and treat ourselves to a lovely fish and chips in town (cheese toastie for Hannah). Then headed over to Hot water beach to get ready for Hannahs birthday which we had better do a new entry for being an important day!
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Hamilton, Waitomo and Black Water Rafting
... it did not go that smoothly as it sounded like someone was trying to start up a buzzsaw in our room!
Although this was not the case, we had some fat ******* who not only snored like a piece of machinery, he also mixed it up and sounded like he was trying to do animal noises while he slept... To say James and I were not happy would be an understatement, and we spoke a lot that night about which one of us will be the first to put a pillow over his face. (Not ...
Sheep shearing, Gloworms and Gardens
... of the day today was the Waitomo Glowworm Caves. Both Alan and I wanted to do the proper caving adventure but had no time so we put it on our list of things to do when we get back to New Zealand. So instead we just went into the glowworm caves themselves. For $48 each I thought it was a bit steep but the caves were pretty amazing. We had a tour guide who made me laugh. He sounded so bored! WE had a little tour around the stalagmites and stalagtights which had been ...
Hobbit Stalking
... that although we were allowed to take photos of the set, we couldn’t publish them before the movie comes out next year (cough, Facebook, cough). When I had watched Lord of the Rings, there had always seemed to be something “fake” about the shire, it was too green, too perfectly untouched and a little like Tellytubby land. It seemed that this place could only have been constructed in a studio or with CGI, but only when you ...