I really never expected New Zealand to have this much, for such a small country. Today I went for skydiving over Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in New Zealand, and my god was it wonderful. The thing that should be mentioned here is that I have deliberately avoided doing parachute jumps, because when I get back home I aim to get a license and do it for real. That said however, almost everyone I meet here have tried it, every single one has loved it, and I didn't ha...

I feel my inner nerd is just about contented and ready to go back to sleep soon: I spent the entire day touring around locations around Wellington where they shot LotR. Lemme put it this way: some places are really cool and easy to spot, like Edoras, some places are tricky but you can spot them with some help, and then you got places which are totally impossible to recognize, like Helms Deep. The quarry where they shot helms deep is nowadays completely different ...

Giant squid, the avengers and another day in Wellington. Some days are good. I had heard from quite a few people that the museum in Wellington is really good.. And free, so I thought: why not give it a go? Damn those people... I spent 4, nearly 5, hours in there and didn't have time to see anything else of Wellington. But it was really cool in there, a lot of history from the maori culture and everything. PLUS: they've got the worlds only Colossal Squid in there....

It's a bit curious actually, I never planned to stay in Wellington at all really, but I heard from a few people that it was really a worthwhile town, and that I should stay there for a while. I dunno what it is, but yeah, I kinda like the town already and I've only been here for like 2 hours. It helps that I don't have to pay for stay and that Base is located one block away from a supermarket and neighbor with like a ton of cheap restaurants. I was a bit surpri...

So how about it, I have now stood on the top of edoras, looking out at the great mountain ranges surrounding it. Nevermind what everyone keeps saying about new zealand being the real middle earth: Mount Sunday is the real Rohan. It is f***ing hard trying to imagine a location more fitting than this for a the capital of Rohan. Even without considering the fact that you're on a site where they filmed some of the greatest movies of all time, it is spectacular views ...