I stepped on a stick in the middle of the night having a wee. It hurt a lot.
After departing the campsite we had a bit of a hike down the river past the huka falls to a point where a natural hot water sprink met the mighty Waikato and creates a nice warm area we had a bit of a bath.
Joe, Jana and I drove down to Taupo.
20 minuets later I was in a plane at 15000 feet in a small airplane strapped to the groin of a man called Andy with big holes in his earlobes.
I was absoloulty fine until Jana was essentially thrown from the plane.
As we jumped out we did a backflip and the exhilaration really started. The wind blasting my face as I looked across the vivid blue lake meeting the sky in the distance parted by a thin band of distant mountains.
From this hight the sky was a continuum of different hues of blue.
The wind rushed my face and filled my cheeks like a fat man out of a car window. As I dribbled everywhere! -I have to admit this as it has been caught clearly on the video-.
As we approached the earth the parachute was pulled and I was given the handles to steer us down to safty. With a big yank on the left pulley we pulled into tight spirals, creating many gs of force as we plumited to the ground. It was amazing fun, and such a rush! Andy however shortly took back the reigns and plopped us down into a grassy field on our bottoms.
As soon as he unclipped me I ran off and telly tubby bumped Joe too hard so we both fell over and had a group hug with Jana.
To celebrate surviving a 15000 foot fall out of a moving aircraft we went out on the town when we got back. We played some drinking games with some German girls and Brazilian guys we met and were then joined by three brits; Chris, Jenny and Annie for some outrageous dancing and general fun having! Jana got a bit aggressive at one point as some snobby girls were shooting at me and Joes moves so Jana flipped them the bird. It was very funny but I guess you had to be there.
It took us two full days to recover from this much fun. We were finally pulled out of the hostel by Jenny, Chris and Annie as we joined them on a great sailing boat cruise of lake Taupo. It was the most perfect weather. So many vivid shades of blue in the water and sky. We visited the famous Maori carvings and had a refreshing swim.
The cruise was so good we went back out again on a second round!
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