Another new experience, my new love, today I did my 1st day of snowboarding ever. Absolutely loved the whole day, including the numerous falls and a few absolute wipeouts, but as it goes in some situations no pain, no gain. After an hour on the beginner slope I was moving the board around pretty nicely, so i was told to move onto the next slope up, took me a while to get used to the chair lifts (though at the very end of the day found a nice way of sitting on the board and sliding off). By the end of the day I think we had done about 10-15 runs and I now am getting the hang of carving and turning. Tomorrow after few more runs on the same slope were heading up to the top of the mountain, its freakin crazily steep and I may not survive, but I still cant wait. My speedy progress would not be only for the help of my new german instructor and friend, Annalena, she was so cool telling me how to start and how I was going wrong and waiting for me and everything. Tomorrow herself, myself, Andy (girl from the UK I met a week ago, sorta got the whole Avril Lavigne thing goin on) and her friend Kim (I think) are heading up together.
In the last 4 days Ive been meeting a lot of cool people, more so than previous, and partying quite a bit too. Met two girls from Bristol, Claire and Helen, and had lots of fun chillin, having dinner (introduced me to the world of free backpacker bar meals), watching movies(introduced Helen to Rules of Attraction, Ferris Bueller and that clip with the star wars nerds) and going out with them. Myself and Helen got on really well, we ended up heading out one night, just the 2 of us and it was really interesting and cool listening to her life story summed up in one nights conversation and you cannot beat $2 (€1.10) a pint for beer. Yet again another gap year student, I believe she payed for the trip herself but was quite impressed with her step father driving a Ferrari 550 Baracheta, though its a bit extreme putting a dehumidifier in the garage! They left for Christchurch yesterday, rushing to get in more scenery before hitting Fiji. Last night had another party with Andy, Annalena and others from the hostel I met at Frasers bar during the rugby (BTW watching the Lions tour here is really cool and great atmosphere during and after the games), headed onto Winnie Bagoes (server of the $2 pints) and it got a bit crazy with girls dancing on tables, etc. The winter tourist season doesnt start for another 2 weeks at least, and I cant imagine how absolutely crazy partys are going to be then, cannot wait my friends! I think thats the longest post yet, Ill have pics of the skiing, the parties and all the fun up as soon as possible.
20050608-10 World Bar & Winnie Bagoes Gallery
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