Wow, what a shitty day.
Yeah, I can't believe it, my first shitty day in New Zealand. This isn't to bitch about it, though. Davey's coming - that's going to be really awesome. I can't wait.
I went bungy jumping off the Auckland Harbour Bridge, which was pretty sweet. I loved every second of it, and got some sweet pictures. You can touch the water doing it - I wanted to get doused, but I only got to grace the water with my fingertips.
On Saturday I went to see the local rugby team the Auckland Blues take on the much better Brumbies and totally kicked ass. I painted my whole face blue and white and rooted for the home team, which won 26-15, and learned some rugby rules along the way. The fast breaks are the best - the crowd really gets into it.
And on Sunday we hiked a few miles up to Gray Lynn park to attend a free reggae concert by one of New Zealand's best bands, Fat Freddy's Drop. These guys are absolutely wicked. And they had a few guest emcee rappers who weren't that great, but there was this one female emcee that just blew everyone out of the water with her flow and rhymes. I was in love for a few minutes. Then she stopped and I snapped out of it.
Well, why is Monday so shitty? I'll spare you all the events (banks, hills, this, that), but I have a goddamn ankle sprain again. Same one as back in October. Fucking misstepped off a curb in a ditch. It may be just a mild twist or so, but it needs at least a week. And hiking up a 200 m hill to get to the doctors for some painkillers? Not looking fun.
Tuesday update: Hey I just got up and it's like 60% better already. Guess it was just a twist! Still have limited mobility (and pain), but even the blood rush doesn't really hurt.
Uploading pictures at the moment - if you can't see them, be patient and try later.
- N
I went bungy jumping off the Auckland Harbour Bridge, which was pretty sweet. I loved every second of it, and got some sweet pictures. You can touch the water doing it - I wanted to get doused, but I only got to grace the water with my fingertips.
On Saturday I went to see the local rugby team the Auckland Blues take on the much better Brumbies and totally kicked ass. I painted my whole face blue and white and rooted for the home team, which won 26-15, and learned some rugby rules along the way. The fast breaks are the best - the crowd really gets into it.
And on Sunday we hiked a few miles up to Gray Lynn park to attend a free reggae concert by one of New Zealand's best bands, Fat Freddy's Drop. These guys are absolutely wicked. And they had a few guest emcee rappers who weren't that great, but there was this one female emcee that just blew everyone out of the water with her flow and rhymes. I was in love for a few minutes. Then she stopped and I snapped out of it.
Well, why is Monday so shitty? I'll spare you all the events (banks, hills, this, that), but I have a goddamn ankle sprain again. Same one as back in October. Fucking misstepped off a curb in a ditch. It may be just a mild twist or so, but it needs at least a week. And hiking up a 200 m hill to get to the doctors for some painkillers? Not looking fun.
Tuesday update: Hey I just got up and it's like 60% better already. Guess it was just a twist! Still have limited mobility (and pain), but even the blood rush doesn't really hurt.
Uploading pictures at the moment - if you can't see them, be patient and try later.
- N
posted by Neel @ 11:02 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:39 AM, March 21, 2006,
Anonymous said…
Oh man, just looking at those bugny jumping shots is making me nervous! I am going to do that as well when I am there, at least once. I want to sky dive too if I have the cash.
So I am about 90% sure I am going to go over to NZ. I am so excited! I just need to decide how I am going to get around. There is another bus called like, travelpass or something I am looking into as well. So much to do! I think I am going to buy my ticket on Wednesday.
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