Wellington (Contiki Day 5)

Today was an early rise as we headed out of Wellington to Kapiti Quad Bikes (ATVs). The bus ride to Kapiti was scary enough, as we drove up a one-lane road into the mountains. There were no guard rails or anything to stop the bus from four-hundreds feet of rag-dolling down a mountain if we slipped.

Driving the quad bikes took a bit of time to get used to, especially learning to trust the bikes. One of our Contiki members fell off her bike, and then her bike proceeded to fall on her. I saw it happen and got really scared it could be a spinal, but she walked away with only a nasty bruise and dignity hurt. Overall quad biking was a lot of fun, ripping through the dense New Zealand jungle.

(Me ripping through a giant puddle)

That afternoon we walked around the Wellington waterfront. New Zealand really promotes physical activity, as they have awesome playgrounds everywhere. The kids don’t just play videogames!

Later in the day, I was being an idiot and leaping around on these polls. It was quite a big jump and I got out of control. As I jumped to the last one, the top of the poll was lose, and I fell off. I did a commando roll once I hit the ground. However, I landed on my camera, breaking the display. Crap! Time for a new camera. Luckily I didn’t lose any of the pictures I had taken thus far.

Daily Activities:
- Quad Biking: ripping around the New Zealand mountains on an atv, driving down steep banks and through huge 2-foot deep puddles.