Roturua...

BEST CITY EVER!!!!! So we took a short drive from Auckland and ended up in this small town called Roturua. That day we just spent some time in the lake by us and we were the only ones there. We were all so thrilled to have sun and water that could be gone in you couldn't keep us out of it. Course we later found out that the lake is considered to be polluted so that's why no one else was in it, but oh well. After swimming, I went kayaking with a couple of my friends which was super fun. Then we set up our tents for the first time of what would be a very very long two weeks of sleeping on the ground. Ann and I were tent buddies and our dear tent is tiny. It wasn't even as large as a full size bed, but we made it work.
The next day is when the real fun began. Our director gave us each some money and we got to choose what fun crazy adventure we wanted to have. I decided to go zorbing. Best. Decision. Ever. Basically you are inside a giant human hamster ball and you can either have it dry or wet. I went with the wet option of course which is called hydro-zorbing. Ann and I went down together and it was the most fun 40 seconds of my life. You start standing up and attempt to run but you end up slipping pretty much right away and start rolling all over the place and ending up upside down and all turned around. And your wet too! It's literally the most exhilarating 40 seconds anyone could ever want.

But the fun didn't end there! Then we got to go luging. Basically what you sit on a sled like contraption and go down a hill. It's just like the Alpine slide if anyone's done that but you get quite a lot of speed and their were 3 different track options: easy, int., and adv. So that was very exciting. Not as great as Zorbing but nothing compares to that.