More Rotorua Pictures (plus two randoms)

The two pictures above are from the inside 'Mexican village' in Cactus Jack's Backpackers. It was open air, so it was quite nice to sit outside in the swings and chairs in the evenings. This village was in the centre of the surrounding square of rooms, although with all of the expansions, some of the hostel was a lot like a maze.

Back at Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland! A lot of the people on the GT study abroad trip are Greek, so we have a running joke about doing the sorority girl pose. Emily, the girl on the left, isn't even in a sorority, but (left to right), myself, Mallory, and Nikky are all in sororities. We are doing this pose because we made the four boys do it right before us.


Yes, go on and sigh and make fun of the cheesiness of me and Patrick, but it is nice to actually be together again.

This teeter-totter might have been the most fun Emily and I had on the trip. I wish I had a sound recording of how much we were giggling. Blake (pictured above) and Patrick also jumped on the teeter-totter bandwagon by surfing in the middle.

Now for the randoms! It was Nina's (Swiss flatmate) birthday not too long ago, so a bunch of us went out to dinner and a movie to celebrate. Claudia unfortunately was not back from her surfing trip, but we got three flatmates together (myself, Meredith, and Nina)!

This is me hanging out with the GT crew at a local pub on a nice evening in Wellington. I am really going to miss wandering down to the waterfront on nice days and just enjoying Wellington culture. Why doesn't Georgia have more water!?

Once again, another sorority girl pose. My flat had a party last weekend during the Sevens tournament, so a lot of the people came dressed in crazy costumes. (For those of you who aren't Kiwis, the Sevens tournament is a two-day tournament with 10 or 11 hours of rugby each day. The halves are shortened, and the Kiwis go nuts. It's like their version of Halloween! Crazy costumes everywhere. It's really one big party, and if you get tired of the party, you can just turn around and watch the rugby [to paraphrase my friend Doug, pictured above in yellow] ).