Doubtful Sound

Just came back from Doubtful Sound, will write something about it soon, and upload some more pictures; but here is one to start with (Panorama shot of Lake Te Anau, composed of 14 seperate pictures)

New crib and new car

Right, now for the bad news. I almost killed myself driving downhill and crashing my car, quite randomly. It was the first rainy day in three weeks and roads where slippery. I went into a corner and took it too wide so tried to correct that and started slipping around. Of course I hit the brake (D'oh!) and hit a bump while shoving off the road. This launched me over a fence. After rolling five times I finally landed on my roof, with no injuries what so ever. It was like a movie scene. I'm happy I survived it but it costed me heaps of money. Besides losing the car I had to pay towing costs and had to take two driving lessons and pay for that. Eventually got everything taken care of and with the help of my parents I was able to buy a new car. Without that I wouldn't have been able to move out and all that so I'm very grateful for it (the new car can also be seen on the movie). For the rest of my time here, things are better at work but I'm stuck in a routine, as happens with a job, which kinda sucks. Not much to say about that so I just pass my days as normal as I can. I also bought a seasons ski pass so gonna do heaps of snowboarding in winter which I'm really looking forward to.

Till next time!

Ciao

A few weeks later...

Yes it has indeed been a while since I updated my website. Reason for that is lack of time and lack of motivation. As a mentioned in my last post, New Zealand is a great country. However some things are going different then what I expected. I live very near the campsite where I work and however this convenient this may be, it's still a bit out of town. Adding this up with the total non-existence of a public transport system makes it hard to get around here and therefore I got quite bored at times. The thing with me is that when I get bored I lose all motivation to go and do something, which leads to more boredom, and so on. Right now I'm trying to escape from the downward spiral by moving to town and buying a car. None of which is successful so far but I'm sure eventually will be. 

To make things short then, the last three weeks or see have mostly been quite similar to each other. Next week however the pre-season rugby training sessions are starting and I signed up for it. Hopefully I meet some more people there which I'm sure I will. The surroundings here are still stunning and every day I wake up I am amazed by the natural beauty of it. Now that it's high season most companies that offer activities don't take famils (offer activities free of charge for people that promote their activities such as yours truly), so I have to wait a bit before I can do bungyjumps, skydives and hang-gliding. However by now I've been rafting as well which was really cool. I was around 2 hours in the water on the shotover river which at times can be quite rough. I also been on the shotover jet which is cool as well, although I'm not as psyched about it as most people are. It's quite passive and although that sounds weird about a jetboat but you just have to sit there and that's it. Myself, I would rather be driving the thing... however they wouldn't let me... bastards. 

The holiday park is getting a bit quieter now that new year is over. We still have heaps of Dutch people as guests and it's still fun to see their faces after they made a huge effort to speak English and I simply answer them in Dutch (it's not hard to recognize the Dutch I'm afraid). Because the park is mellowing down a bit I start to have more time for my school assignment which I found out will end up being a huge report. That's fine though since I have enough time on my hands to work on it. 

So anyway... not much to add at this moment in time. I will continue to find a suitable car and place to live, which I hope will be successful sooner then later.

cheerio!