Hello everyone! Its been awhile since I have written on this and a lot has happend since. After New Years I came back to Wellington to move my things into my new flat and start in on the hunt for a job (so only 2 of the things mentioned in the above title are true…I dont accually have a job, yet). The move in was really easy considering I had already been aquainted with my three other flatmates over Christmas. My friend Kelsi from New Hampshire, who is also in the
BUNAC program and also a flatmate, knows a lot about the city and generally it’s just the two of us that go out and do the exploring. From running up paved mountains to catch the view to witnessing cross-dressing concerts in the park… we’ve done it all, or are at least in the process of doing so… Wellington is a really great city with a creative scene that spans from fine art galleries to
BMX comps to the best in NZ music. There is something going on all the time which is good for someone who has a short attention span. As for now I am scanning the newspapers and then internet for possible jobs and hopefully will get something close to where all the action is downtown.
This weekend Wellington held a free two day event sponsored by Vodafone (mobile phones) called the X-Air featuring some of the best
BMX, skate, motox, bands, and street b-ball from all over NZ and Australia. They estimated over 140,000 people lined the streets on Saturday and Sunday, making it the biggest event of its kind in the southern hemisphere. My highlight was the motox best trick between two highrise buildings right in downtown. The backflips where everywhere and luckely I brought the camera (...vid coming soon)
But check out the newest video in my growing collection, and as for now you will just have to wait for the “cross-dressers in the park” footage.
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I put up new pictures from new years, Christmas and all the bumps (on the car) and bruises (on our feet) along the way. Make sure you keep up because there will be more on the way.
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After four days of praying to the cloud and wind gods to stay away, it just wasn’t going to happen. Lake Taupo may be the cheapest place to sky dive in the world but it may also be the hardest to get a clear day. For four days we tried to get booked and for four days we where rejected. We did however get to throw ourselves off the lakeside cliffs (check out the pictures!), so at least we got a rush. Skydiving on New Years, no matter how cool it sounded, just wasn’t going to happen but we will try our luck again within the next month when summer is in full swing.
Bobby has sadly left us to pursue his travels into the South Island. Good luck with everything! It was fun to have you hang with us for a while. Hopefully we can meet up again in the most beautiful city in all of nz and enjoy another “hoppy” beer that will make us “happy”.