Sunday, June 30, 2013

Rotorua and moving in

So, last week was crazy!  We did some incredible stuff.  Wednesday I went bungy jumping, Thursday we went caving at Waitomo Caves, and Friday we went swimming at Mt. Manganui after helping to plant a rainforest.  Caving was insane.  We were about 200ft underground and there were parts where we had to rappel down 70ft waterfalls, then other parts where we had to lay in the water and float through tiny little tunnels!  We weren't allowed to take pics, but the guides were going to give us a few they took and there were also glow worms! Saturday we flew to Dunedin to move in.  We had about 45 with our GlobaLinks group and about 25 of them are going to Dunedin.  I moved in and luckily 2 of my flatmates were already here.  We went to a concert my first night, but I'm really glad I did GlobaLinks because I actually know over 20 people in town already.  It's definitely setting in more that this isn't just a vacation.  We also went up the Otago Peninsula with a guy who was nice enough to drive us and saw sea lions at Sandfly Bay Wildlife Refuge, but no penguins.  The flats have no central heating, just little space heaters but they use tons of electricity, so they rarely get used and it's pretty chilly inside! My complex seems awesome though because there are 6 flats with 5 or 6 people in each and everyone so far seems really cool.  Well, I got groceries yesterday, but hoping to set up a phone and learn my way around town now!  Bye!




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