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Sydney

Went to Sydney for my last 6 days abroad. It was really cool. Not as cool as New Zealand, but still pretty cool.

We went parasailing. I am in the middle. Yeah it was so fun because we got up there so high then the boat would slow down and we would glide down to the water and dip like halfway in then the boat would speed up and we were back up in the air! I love parasailing. you should go.


I got to cuddle this koala. He is the softest thing ever! I just wanted to take him home he was so sweet and cuddly.

Then of course we had to hit up the temple because why go somewhere without going to the temple? That would be a waste.

This vid was breaking rules in the act. It's the inside of the Sydney Opera House. Enjoy.




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last weekend in NZ

pizza from hell. No really the place is called Hell. This particular pizza is called gluttony.


"gooey raspberry big memphis"


We went SAILING


And we hoisted the sails!


And we went to the luge!

Northland

This is the famous "Hole in the Rock" in the Bay of Islands. We were on this speed boat with no cover. And it was rainy and really stormy and the waves were seriously 5 feet high like in the movies. It was so awesome! Like a rollercoaster up and down up and down and I couldn't stop laughing! and I was drenched. Notice how beautiful the water's color is?


and this is a tree trunk i am sitting in. humongous and like 1000 years old.


This is 90 mile beach. we drove down the sand it was so awesome.

COROMANDEL

Hi! I just wanted to give you a tour of my weekend. I went to Coromandel. It is a peninsula that is widely known as the best place to go in New Zealand. The weather was perfect and it was only a 3 hour drive from where I'm staying in Auckland. We stayed in a cabin that was 100 steps from Hot Water Beach. Why is it called that? Scroll down and take a look!

This is the beach in Prince Caspian where the train takes them to this random beach and they are in narnia! So beautiful. it's called cathedral cove. The hole behind me is the cathedral. The ceiling is amazing in there.

This is, just as it says, "A DAMN GOOD DRINK" Hey come on I'm just saying what it says on the bottle. so good.

So when the tide is low you can dig and the water underneath the sand is hot because of the magma beneath the beach. So you have this little hot tub made of sand. and it's so nice. We did it at night time when the tide was low at 1am and it was wicked cool because we were the only people on the whole beach and the stars were so pretty.


We stayed in a really nice cabin and we had a lot of fun in there.

Weekend

On Friday we went to the NZ temple and did baptisms. It is a really pretty temple.

That night 3 of us went to a dance...this is what we do every weekend. We go to a dance. Then we go to Denny's. Same Denny's as american Denny's. and we don't get home until at least 3am.

This is us at Pasifika. Pasifika is where all the islands of the Pasific come together in one park and each island has a chunk. In their chunk they have authentic food from that island, merchandise, and entertainment.

 

I got a Ukulele from the Cook Islands!!! Custom. Beautiful. Great sound. And I already learned how to play a song on it.

This is a coconut that was full of coconut milk. So good.

Update

Well I am better.  Thanks.  I missed a day of school then I went home early on Thursday.  On Friday we went to the sky tower (The tallest building in the southern hemisphere) And we had lunch there.  It was like a 5 star restaurant and it rotated the tables around the entire circle of windows within an hour.  It was amazing.  I had snapper.  And an amazing chocolate dessert that almost killed me it was so good.  

That was Heather.

Then we went to a museum and I got all tired and fatigued but I was fine.

 

K well we got this email getting ready for the dance.  And it was from one of our observers for

 when we teach- she's in her 30s and her parents live in Kere Kere, NZ which is 4 hours north of auckland.  She said "I can only take two of you" and michelle and I were first to reply so we got dibs. 

 The Sand was made up of shells guys.  It was bomb dig.  Click to enlarge.  Check out my Chaco tan.

We were at the dance then denny's till 3am then left at 9am this morning.  Man it is gorgeous here.  We're here until tomorrow afternoon.  It's been beautiful, I'm 190 percent better.  I love my life.

Don't ask me about anything beyond April 7th or the fact that today means there is only one of every number of the month left.