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day 11 → a photo of you taken recently



clearly this is not me, but recently I reinterpreted the picture at the very tree:



(they built a platform to stop us fangirls hurting the tree)

day 08 → a photo that makes you angry/sad

I am going to bring you some of each. The pictures I have put under the cut are of s21 and the Killing Fields WARNING: these are disturbing and sad


Anger
Kids in Cambodia spend more of their time working than they do at school, and this picture...yeah I took it but it makes me every time I look at. Look at their facial expressions



( I still haven't recovered from seeing these places first hand )

mirasymphony arrived safely and we've begun the great tour of NZ. We've seen Hobbiton! And oh yes precious we got to see the construction going on for the Hobbit.

We're in Rotorua now playing with mud, sulphur and Maori.

The sun is shinning here *grin*

You can't really plan to come to NZ for a long time and not try some of the more extreme stuff. I've conquered my nerves over the past couple of week and tried some out. There are pictures capturing the moments! First off:

The Bungy Jump]
I did this off the Auckland Bridge. It was some experience! First off we had to walk out over the bridge on its underside, attached on to the railings and then there was the nervous wait while I was kitted out and asked if I wanted to do a water touch when I jumped. By the time I got to the edge, I was giggling a lot through nerves but it turned out to be the most spectacular rush!



( The Jump as it happened )

It was the most scary thrill seeking, rush of free fall I've ever experienced!

*pretends to look shocked* Is that a picture taken from AC/DC? Why yes I think it just might be! I did mean to take more pictures but I got a little carried away at the concert and ignored my camera. I did end up with some Supernatural flash backs during it and leapt around singing for the rest of it.

There really is nothing on earth like Highway to Hell live.

These are the two paper journals I have had to buy since I started travelling:



The blue one has a silk weave cover and was bought in Cambodia, the other one was bought right here in NZ. The photographs are by Craig Potton in it and they are really are incredible.

I've just come to the last page of the book that I have been using as my paper travel journal. It's the second book I've gone through and with a jolt, I realised I have been away for over five months. Where the heck has the time gone? This is also the longest I've ever managed to keep a diary and I am pleased to announce it is now a habit rather than a chore to remember. I've got my next journal already *pats the pretty*.

Which leads me on to my online travel blog. It is currently very sadly behind the times but I am going to spend the next few days getting it up to date. I've decided that the word count of it should be counted to my word target of the year for writing. It is getting written and edited for other people and I am getting comments on it so it fits my own criteria. The decision pleases me because it is so time consuming and does take a lot of effort.

When I first started the travel blog it was easy and fun but then people started reading it and I became a lot more conscious of what I am saying and how I am saying it. I am currently wrestling with how to describe the Killing Fields in Cambodia. It is very hard to put into words. Part of me wants to skip over it in a paragraph but I think I should be better with words than that. So I am going to try again.

mirasymphony takes the top spot. I am dancing around everywhere. SHE IS COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. I remember back in school when we dreamt that we would go to New Zealand in search of hobbits. And now it is really happening. It just...I'm still lost for words.

The insane conversations that spring up on twitter especially with batmanboxers and keeperofdestiny. I've spent so much time doubled up with helpless laughter over them this week that it is awesome.

I joined fandom_smash to save batmanboxers' Ten from getting kicked by someone from Glee. I am now having a blast over there with Jack. Everyone is flirting with him. He's sticking by his Doctor and dislikes the Master for getting in the way.

And then Kerry tops it all off by ageeing to start our demons rp up again. It was more than I deserved but I am so excited about it.


There is less to be excited about off the internet. I'm working a lot more this week because of the amount of people booking in for the Big Day Out. And well it's hard to make friends in the hostel when I still need to be managerial at other times. I just need to get the guts up to go and walk into a bar alone and start talking to people.

Here I was thinking that I would get a nice relaxing afternoon, writing and doing internet stuff or perhaps going to the cinema. Well I'm in work instead getting earning some money.

The paper is giving me some pretty funny headlines to read during the lulls:

'Flight Attendants Look Like Drag Queens'
'Pot shops to open across NZ'

Christopher Lee is making a heavy metal album Yup didn't see that coming

Saw a tropical penguin and surfed down tall sand dunes on a 90 mile beach. To top it all off it was at the very tip of New Zealand where the two oceans meet. I had an awesome time. Can't believe I saw a penguin in the wild.

I get to go dolphin watching tomorrow ^^