...is a shed. We weighed our bags, weighed ourselves and then got sent to another airport (a much bigger shed) to get on a very small plane where you don't get inflight services but the action Ken pilots take your luggage and put it on board for you - and you can see the cockpit (especially as their wasn't anything separating it from the passengers)
Very cool!
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Monday, November 29, 2004
The noises you make...
We got up at a silly o'clock (that's 5am in this case) for this adventure...
A swim with wild dusky dolphins in the middle of the sea!
Complete with supertight wetsuits, flippers and a snorkel, we got into the freezing cold sea. You do, however, manage to forget it's effing cold because all you see around you are dolphins! And what were we told to do to attract their attention?? Make noises and swim in circles to entertain them. All 20 of us complied. The funniest thing? Sticking your head out of the sea and listening to the shrieks, songs and the strangest noises I've ever heard come out of a human mouth. Me? I preferred shouting 'EEEEK, EEEK, EEEEEK'. I'm certain I was communicating with them! I'd swim in circles, Eeek my head off and be amazed to have 3 dolphins swimming around me.
I did puke on the boat after but it was worth it!
Love dolphins!!
A swim with wild dusky dolphins in the middle of the sea!
Complete with supertight wetsuits, flippers and a snorkel, we got into the freezing cold sea. You do, however, manage to forget it's effing cold because all you see around you are dolphins! And what were we told to do to attract their attention?? Make noises and swim in circles to entertain them. All 20 of us complied. The funniest thing? Sticking your head out of the sea and listening to the shrieks, songs and the strangest noises I've ever heard come out of a human mouth. Me? I preferred shouting 'EEEEK, EEEK, EEEEEK'. I'm certain I was communicating with them! I'd swim in circles, Eeek my head off and be amazed to have 3 dolphins swimming around me.
I did puke on the boat after but it was worth it!
Love dolphins!!
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Friday, November 26, 2004
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Achey breaky legs and my pick axe
Mission: Full day hike up the Franz Josef glacier.
There was ice, snow, ice and more ice (and I didn't even have time to make a snowman). We hiked up steps freshly made from our guide (my guide was called Russell and he had a big pick axe), crawled through tight crevasses, posed in an ice cave with our much smaller pick axe, learned to do the Franz shuffle, walked across big crevasses with the aid of a ladder, a plank of wood and a bit of rope. God, we were hard core!
We also froze our fingers and toes, I broke my talonz, slipped a couple of times and my legs ached for two days.
But goddamn, it was fun ;o)
There was ice, snow, ice and more ice (and I didn't even have time to make a snowman). We hiked up steps freshly made from our guide (my guide was called Russell and he had a big pick axe), crawled through tight crevasses, posed in an ice cave with our much smaller pick axe, learned to do the Franz shuffle, walked across big crevasses with the aid of a ladder, a plank of wood and a bit of rope. God, we were hard core!
We also froze our fingers and toes, I broke my talonz, slipped a couple of times and my legs ached for two days.
But goddamn, it was fun ;o)
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Monday, November 22, 2004
Open or closed?
When you're free falling after a jump out of a plane, is it better to have your mouth open or closed? Just one of the things that went through my mind during the 45 second freefall. Decided on closed to save the crazy guerning (is that the right word?) going on with my lips - but only between shouts of WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!
It's a great feeling falling through the sky, wobbly lips, amazing views, freezing your face through clouds (you can't sit on them like Mary Poppins)and the gentle drop down once the parachute goes up so you can appreciate the world below you.
Loved it!!
It's a great feeling falling through the sky, wobbly lips, amazing views, freezing your face through clouds (you can't sit on them like Mary Poppins)and the gentle drop down once the parachute goes up so you can appreciate the world below you.
Loved it!!
Sunday, November 21, 2004
The Poo Pub
Les is 79 and the Kiwi Exp's very own Gandalf. Every night the kiwi bus will come through to his place to stay for the night. At the Poo, Les and the driver (our driver's name being K9)cook everyone a big meal and then host a fancy dress party. Our theme - girls in bin bags (you had to be creative) and boys in drag (and, no, girls really don't spend all their time touching their boobs. Yep, boys being girls will never stop being funny!)
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