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Ok so it's taken me a little while to get over monday enough to write about it! We started off the fun with a jet boat ride which was brilliant, I loved just whizzing up and down the closed-off section of river, getting really close to the rocks, getting splashed and doing 360 spins!
Next we hopped on the helicopter to take us up the river. I was surprised at how safe I felt in it and really enjoyed gliding in between the mountains.
White water rafting was quite hard work but fun going down the small rapids. I nearly fell out once when we were supposed to all crouch down in the middle of the boat but instead Phil launched himself over my side so I was left hanging out as we went over the rapid! The next time neither of us were so lucky, our whole boat flipped and everyone ended up in the water. The rapid was called toilet..! I went deep underwater and for a while couldn't tell which way up I was. The life jacket soon kicked in and brought me to the surface but then I was in fast moving water. One of the guides on the two boats which stopped ahead of us was shouting at me to swim to a rock he was pointing at but this was easier said than done! I swam close enough to a boat for somebody to grab my arm but the water was pulling my legs away and we lost grip. I managed to catch on to the next boat as I passed it but the water was pulling my legs under it as I tried to pull myself up. After a lot of pulling some kind strangers got me onboard though! I shook the rest of the way down the river!!
That evening we met cuzzy Gina for a pizza in Qtown, great to catch up!
Yesterday we popped in to puzzling world in Wanaka, which was really fun, on our way back to Tekapo where we stopped for the night. Today back to Chrischurch, stopped in at salmon world where you can't even buy some salmon to take home and eat(!), and felt our first aftershock which David says are now earthquakes again since it's been over 3 months since the original. Very wierd, the room shook sideways like we've never experienced but it wasn't very scary, only a 3.8.
Flight in the morning to Auckland where we have to chat to customs about our suitcases which are awaiting clearance then driving straight down to Raglan.
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