Christian's Party

Okay Yvonne, this one's for you: you wanted pictures, you shall have them! I am afraid, however, some of the best action happened off the camera. Especially the Geburtstagskind had a very special night.

I'm a PADI diver, that means I'm cooler than you!

Yeah yeah yeah! Check this out: I'm an "Open Water Diver" now, after spending $264 on a course (which is not much), three pool training sessions (which is much), five hilarious PADI videos (which is way too much!), and two day's diving in the murky waters of Lake Pupuke . And now check out the fancy card they gave to me:

Black Muddy River

It's that time again: a hike into the muddy realms of the Waitakere Ranges! It may seem that I don't do anything else these days, but let's face it: if you're too lazy to plan bigger trips and too anxious to take off some days from work, you have to stick to the rain forest outside your door! But then again, it's also nice out there...

The Goldie Bush Track it was, combined with the Mokoroa Stream Track. The latter features a very nice waterfall, but also the need to cross the stream about 20 times -- which posed a bit of a problem, since water level was way higher than average, leading inevitably to wet feet and almost some bigger mess.