It is the Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year - to all our non Jewish friends :-)). We celebrated yesterday but really missed the holiday spirit in Israel.
Just wanted to wish all our family and friends a happy new year and hag sameach.
On another note - I do wanna indicate that in case you were wondering who's writing the posts, and suspect that it is was Amit, well - it is not. It has been always me, Talia. (unless it was indicated that it is Ophir or Ido). It might have been confusing to you because I used Amit's account to publish (i.e., his name appeared at the end). However it is important that you know that Amit will NEVER write the silly things I tend to write. Don't blame him for that - I take it all!!! :-)
SHANA TOVA from the Haimovich in New Zealand
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Rotorua, 21.09.08
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last week is nothing like we had before. I hope I can share the experiences we have been through.
Last time I’ve written about the hot water spring. Anyway, it was just the beginning of this amazing volcanic phenomenon in this region.
We head to Rotorua and stayed there 3 nights. There were so many things we had done there. On our first day we left the motorhome in the campsite and walked around in the town. We stayed just near by to Kuirau Park. It is such a surrealistic. A volcanic area (like all the area) that experienced an eruption in late 2003 has currently a crater lake, pools of boiling mud, and plenty of steam. So you make sure you don’t go astray because it doesn’t look inviting to fall into one of these boiling and steaming pools all around.
We then went to Rotorua Museum of Art & History. It wasn’t very interesting but the next activity was! We went to a thermal pool – the Polynesian Spa. This place includes several pools that range in temperature from 36 to 43 Celsius. It is damn hot. And the nice thing was that it was a gloomy day and even a bit rainy, and the natural pools are outside of course. What could be nicer than dipping yourself in 43 degrees pool in this weather.
On the second day we drove about 25 km south to Rotarua to Whakarewarewa to watch a gazer erupt up to 12 meters height. We then went to the place that most kids and male adults (that secretly remain kids) get very excited.
First, the kids zorbed - zorbing is when you climb into a plastic sphere, and then roll downhill for 150m (15 seconds). The 3 kids were together in this huge ball filled with some warm water. Shira was a hero on that day. We then went to the Agrodome, where Amit, Ido & SHIRA!!! Were strapped together to a special suit, hanged on a rope, lifted up 40 meters into the air, and then when Amit pulled the rope they did a free fall for 30 meters and then started swooping from side to side. Shira was a hero again, but this time Ido as well. Ophir asked to write herself about her stuff.
I was, again, the chicken mom – just taking photos, encouraging, hugging, giggling and being proud of the brave family. But I’m fine with it. I had later on my part… (Ophir wrote about it).
On the forth day we took it easy, some Hebrew studies in the morning and then we went especially for Shira to a huge 3-d maze (more than one kilometer). We left Roturua and headed south to Lake Taupo.
Now we need some rest… :-)
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last week is nothing like we had before. I hope I can share the experiences we have been through.
Last time I’ve written about the hot water spring. Anyway, it was just the beginning of this amazing volcanic phenomenon in this region.
We head to Rotorua and stayed there 3 nights. There were so many things we had done there. On our first day we left the motorhome in the campsite and walked around in the town. We stayed just near by to Kuirau Park. It is such a surrealistic. A volcanic area (like all the area) that experienced an eruption in late 2003 has currently a crater lake, pools of boiling mud, and plenty of steam. So you make sure you don’t go astray because it doesn’t look inviting to fall into one of these boiling and steaming pools all around.
We then went to Rotorua Museum of Art & History. It wasn’t very interesting but the next activity was! We went to a thermal pool – the Polynesian Spa. This place includes several pools that range in temperature from 36 to 43 Celsius. It is damn hot. And the nice thing was that it was a gloomy day and even a bit rainy, and the natural pools are outside of course. What could be nicer than dipping yourself in 43 degrees pool in this weather.
On the second day we drove about 25 km south to Rotarua to Whakarewarewa to watch a gazer erupt up to 12 meters height. We then went to the place that most kids and male adults (that secretly remain kids) get very excited.
First, the kids zorbed - zorbing is when you climb into a plastic sphere, and then roll downhill for 150m (15 seconds). The 3 kids were together in this huge ball filled with some warm water. Shira was a hero on that day. We then went to the Agrodome, where Amit, Ido & SHIRA!!! Were strapped together to a special suit, hanged on a rope, lifted up 40 meters into the air, and then when Amit pulled the rope they did a free fall for 30 meters and then started swooping from side to side. Shira was a hero again, but this time Ido as well. Ophir asked to write herself about her stuff.
I was, again, the chicken mom – just taking photos, encouraging, hugging, giggling and being proud of the brave family. But I’m fine with it. I had later on my part… (Ophir wrote about it).
On the forth day we took it easy, some Hebrew studies in the morning and then we went especially for Shira to a huge 3-d maze (more than one kilometer). We left Roturua and headed south to Lake Taupo.
Now we need some rest… :-)
Ophir has more to say, 28.9.09
Hello everyone.
We had a really busy week/s lately, so we didn’t really get to write to the blog. But the funny thing is, what we didn’t write, was ((for me)) the coolest thing we did yet. Let me start from what we did first, the zorb! As my mom said - Ido, Shira and I went in this bog ball thingy ((with some nice worm water.)) and then someone gives us a push and down the hill we go. So so fast and yet so so fun!! Of course when we come out ((wet)) it was freezing. But still, fun.
After that, we went down the road to the X-treme zone. Were you do bunji and stuff. Dad, Shira and Ido did this thing called the swoop. Were they are all strapped together lifted up up up and then dropped down like bang! Wow. How did Shira do it?! Anyway. I didn’t do that, I did something else. You might have heard of it.. its called FREE FALL!
But its not what you think. I got this special suit, and then they teach me some easy stuff, then we go out side, to this HUGE fan under the ground, ((with a net so I don’t .. die)) and they push me in, I lie on the net. They start the fan and up up I go. O can’t explain it but it is sooo spooky, I was sure I wasn’t gonna go up, I mean it’s a fan. But I did it, I flew!! ((in the pic’s I look horrible and it doesn’t look that high, but it was soo high, and the fan was soo strong, a model would look like a hobo.))
Yea and a about a week later mom and I did the most AMAZING thing ever! We got in special swimwear and got a tube, with 12 ppl + 2 instructors we went in a cave full of water. The water’s temp was 8 degrees cold and it was peach black! We got helmets with light on them. And at the end we got soup and bagel. Yum. Anyway in the cave we had to jump waterfalls, duck our heads, and be in freezing cold water. But it was so much fun. Inside the caves were worms, but not normal worms, but their butts glow! To make light!! It was soo much fun I can’t explain it. The reason Ido dad and Shira didn’t do it, was because you had to be 12 and above. It was sooooooo fun!!! So yea, that’s what we did and again, I had the time of my life. :-))
Miss && Love you all.
Ophir. XXX
We had a really busy week/s lately, so we didn’t really get to write to the blog. But the funny thing is, what we didn’t write, was ((for me)) the coolest thing we did yet. Let me start from what we did first, the zorb! As my mom said - Ido, Shira and I went in this bog ball thingy ((with some nice worm water.)) and then someone gives us a push and down the hill we go. So so fast and yet so so fun!! Of course when we come out ((wet)) it was freezing. But still, fun.
After that, we went down the road to the X-treme zone. Were you do bunji and stuff. Dad, Shira and Ido did this thing called the swoop. Were they are all strapped together lifted up up up and then dropped down like bang! Wow. How did Shira do it?! Anyway. I didn’t do that, I did something else. You might have heard of it.. its called FREE FALL!
But its not what you think. I got this special suit, and then they teach me some easy stuff, then we go out side, to this HUGE fan under the ground, ((with a net so I don’t .. die)) and they push me in, I lie on the net. They start the fan and up up I go. O can’t explain it but it is sooo spooky, I was sure I wasn’t gonna go up, I mean it’s a fan. But I did it, I flew!! ((in the pic’s I look horrible and it doesn’t look that high, but it was soo high, and the fan was soo strong, a model would look like a hobo.))
Yea and a about a week later mom and I did the most AMAZING thing ever! We got in special swimwear and got a tube, with 12 ppl + 2 instructors we went in a cave full of water. The water’s temp was 8 degrees cold and it was peach black! We got helmets with light on them. And at the end we got soup and bagel. Yum. Anyway in the cave we had to jump waterfalls, duck our heads, and be in freezing cold water. But it was so much fun. Inside the caves were worms, but not normal worms, but their butts glow! To make light!! It was soo much fun I can’t explain it. The reason Ido dad and Shira didn’t do it, was because you had to be 12 and above. It was sooooooo fun!!! So yea, that’s what we did and again, I had the time of my life. :-))
Miss && Love you all.
Ophir. XXX
Monday, September 29, 2008
Rotorua, 18.9.08, Shira's view:
We the children, we went up a truck to the top of a hill to do the Zorb. This is like this big thing that it’s like a big ball that you go in it, and it’s like a ball in a ball, and we did one with water inside. And we didn’t go upside down with it cause it was like water so we slide from side to side. It was so fun! We got all wet – it was hot water but when we got out we were so colddd…
Now I am telling about the swoop: the swoop is like we go in this thing, then it takes us up, really high, and we fall down really fast and surprise and then we swing from side to side and really high. And my “pipi” really tickled… I did it with Daddy and Ido. Mom and Ophir looked at us from down below and Ophir did something that is not scary and ZE HAKOL because I want to go to play this new computer game which we got from the cereal box…..
Now I am telling about the swoop: the swoop is like we go in this thing, then it takes us up, really high, and we fall down really fast and surprise and then we swing from side to side and really high. And my “pipi” really tickled… I did it with Daddy and Ido. Mom and Ophir looked at us from down below and Ophir did something that is not scary and ZE HAKOL because I want to go to play this new computer game which we got from the cereal box…..
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Showers, 19.9.08
I wanna write some words about showers in our trip. I was thinking about it while showering. In general I am OK with the showers in the camps, but deep in my heart I miss my own homely bathroom. Rarely did I have an opportunity to get a real good shower. Luckily I haven’t encountered problems of cleanliness, however I did encounter other problems -
* the water doesn’t get hot (or not hot enough);
* the water doesn’t get cold;
* the water gets hot, but then cold, and hot again – without you being involved in the process;
* the water is hot, but the stream is ridiculously weak;
* the water is hot and the stream is great but you need to use coins (50 cents for 6 minutes) to operate the shower; you think you put enough money to enjoy even half an hour, but not knowing how much time has passed and thinking of the water suddenly turning cold make you really nervous and miserable.
* the water is hot, good stream, and free of charge but the shower is limited to 6 minutes. After 6 minutes you need to press a button to take another round. The button is OUTSIDE the shower.
* all the above mentioned are perfect, but there is wind in the shower room, and it is deadly cold once you move one centimeter away from the water (or even worse, turning off the water). So you just stay in the middle of the stream and plan to never leave. Even if you know your family is waiting for you to do stuff (eat, wash dishes, play) and you’re going to piss ‘em off.
The main point is that taking a shower became a project in our trip. Not surprisingly, for the first time in my kids’ life – they don’t take a daily shower, and they love it of course. I don’t have anymore excuses.
* the water doesn’t get hot (or not hot enough);
* the water doesn’t get cold;
* the water gets hot, but then cold, and hot again – without you being involved in the process;
* the water is hot, but the stream is ridiculously weak;
* the water is hot and the stream is great but you need to use coins (50 cents for 6 minutes) to operate the shower; you think you put enough money to enjoy even half an hour, but not knowing how much time has passed and thinking of the water suddenly turning cold make you really nervous and miserable.
* the water is hot, good stream, and free of charge but the shower is limited to 6 minutes. After 6 minutes you need to press a button to take another round. The button is OUTSIDE the shower.
* all the above mentioned are perfect, but there is wind in the shower room, and it is deadly cold once you move one centimeter away from the water (or even worse, turning off the water). So you just stay in the middle of the stream and plan to never leave. Even if you know your family is waiting for you to do stuff (eat, wash dishes, play) and you’re going to piss ‘em off.
The main point is that taking a shower became a project in our trip. Not surprisingly, for the first time in my kids’ life – they don’t take a daily shower, and they love it of course. I don’t have anymore excuses.
Ido in NZ, 17.9.08
The Talisman Café, Karangahake Gorge, 17th of September, 08
Peace from Mars. (Well actually peace from New Zealand.) Mom said I should write about all we’ve seen in NZ so I’m gonna go back all the way to Auckland. First, we went to get our new motorhome that we named Rebecca, but Ophir and I call her Becky. Then we had a 1 hour drive north to a town called Waiwera. It was a beautiful town, and we ate at a very nice and reasonably cheap restaurant. I ate a burger, mom and dad shared a seafood basket, Shira had fish ‘n’ chips, and Ophir got nachos with beef sauce. We all tried Shira’s fish and even I liked it.
The next day we had bacon and eggs, and then we went to a place called Waiwera Infinity. It was a bit like a small water park except it had pretty small slides that were pretty fun. My favorite one was called Bob’s Mistake. The height difference from the end of slide to the pool was about 1.5m, and I told mom the name is Bob’s Mistake because the man who built it is called Bob and he accidently made the end too high. There was also a lava pool that was at 48 degrees which no one dared to get into, and there was a sapphire pool at 40 degrees which was stuffed with people. There was a movie pool with a big screen next to it and it was at 38 degrees and the heat was natural.
The next day we came back to Auckland to the national museum to learn and get a good start to NZ. I learned so much. Did you know that Auckland is actually above a volcano and 600 years ago it erupted? We learned all about volcanoes and how important but dangerous they are.
The biggest eruption was in Indonesia. It affected the whole world and made it cold all year round. The population of the world came down to few thousands. But somehow it came back up. There was also one in Iceland that reached Syria. Dad & I also learned a bit about the wars between the Maoris and the British.
I'm tired so I think I'll continue some other time.
See ya.
Peace from Mars. (Well actually peace from New Zealand.) Mom said I should write about all we’ve seen in NZ so I’m gonna go back all the way to Auckland. First, we went to get our new motorhome that we named Rebecca, but Ophir and I call her Becky. Then we had a 1 hour drive north to a town called Waiwera. It was a beautiful town, and we ate at a very nice and reasonably cheap restaurant. I ate a burger, mom and dad shared a seafood basket, Shira had fish ‘n’ chips, and Ophir got nachos with beef sauce. We all tried Shira’s fish and even I liked it.
The next day we had bacon and eggs, and then we went to a place called Waiwera Infinity. It was a bit like a small water park except it had pretty small slides that were pretty fun. My favorite one was called Bob’s Mistake. The height difference from the end of slide to the pool was about 1.5m, and I told mom the name is Bob’s Mistake because the man who built it is called Bob and he accidently made the end too high. There was also a lava pool that was at 48 degrees which no one dared to get into, and there was a sapphire pool at 40 degrees which was stuffed with people. There was a movie pool with a big screen next to it and it was at 38 degrees and the heat was natural.
The next day we came back to Auckland to the national museum to learn and get a good start to NZ. I learned so much. Did you know that Auckland is actually above a volcano and 600 years ago it erupted? We learned all about volcanoes and how important but dangerous they are.
The biggest eruption was in Indonesia. It affected the whole world and made it cold all year round. The population of the world came down to few thousands. But somehow it came back up. There was also one in Iceland that reached Syria. Dad & I also learned a bit about the wars between the Maoris and the British.
I'm tired so I think I'll continue some other time.
See ya.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Waihi, 15.9.08
This trip is getting really exciting! Two days ago we drove south, crossed Auckland but didn’t stop there but continued south. We drove many hours and as it was pretty late we decided to camp free, which means just to park the motorhome somewhere – no camping and no “batich”. It is not easy to find a good spot for overnight stay, because many places are marked as “no staying overnight”; parking in car parks or just on the street didn’t feel appropriate, however eventually we were able to find a nice place to stay. Should I mention that it was just 15 meters away from the ocean?! (you can actually see a photo of Ophir in shorts, because Amit was betting her that she would not dare going out with shorts. A silly bet – of course he lost).
The next morning we drove the most beautiful road ever. Amit decleared that this is what he imagined when he thought about NZ. Indeed it was beautiful and impressive. We reached the city of Coromandel. On the map the city seems like a big one, but we already have a notion about the sizes of towns in NZ. There are very few big cities. The rest are very small towns. In 5 minutes you cross them. However, Coromandel is a sweet and lovely one. It was Sunday so maybe that explains why it looked sleepy and empty.
We kept driving and arrived in the afternoon to Hahei beach. That was last night. We had a relaxed evening and night. However this morning we woke up pretty early – 6:30, and took a 1½ hours walk via the beach to Cathedral Cove. I personally haven’t seen any of the Narnia movies, but few scenes from the second movie were filmed at this location. You can see in the pictures. The trail to get there was not an easy one for the kids – lots of uphill and downhill, but it was worth it (the kids said!). The view was just amazing as well as the cove itself.
We walked back to the camping, and this time drove to the hot water beach. Now, this is surely one of the highlights of this trip (and if this is not going to turn out as one of the highlights then we’re in good situation :-)).
The kids planned to write about our visit in Auckland Museum and all the explanations about the volcanic activities in NZ. They didn’t because they are kids. But I will ask Ido to write some notes about it in the end of this post.
Anyways, from what we knew about the place before we got there is that you should get there at the low tide, preferable with a shovel, you dig yourself a hole on the beach, and warm water starts coming out of the ground. You just lie in it enjoying life. Well, I was pretty suspicious about it. Especially because we’re still walking around with 3 layers of clothing. Even when the sun is out it is pretty chilled. So how can I lie with just a swimsuit on the beach? Even if the water in the hole is indeed warm?! Thus my plan was to play the “feeble woman” – Amit & kids will do that, I’d watch them and then decide if I join them, or just stand there for them with the towels on my hand ready to hand it when they need it…
We reached the place; we rented a shovel, we were all digging and lying in this hand made pools. The water was sometimes burning!!! I actually burned my foot walking on one of the streams between the holes that people like us dug. It is an elusive sight especially because of the steam coming out of the sand. I think I said enough about it, but indeed it was really really exciting. You can see in the pictures.
The next morning we drove the most beautiful road ever. Amit decleared that this is what he imagined when he thought about NZ. Indeed it was beautiful and impressive. We reached the city of Coromandel. On the map the city seems like a big one, but we already have a notion about the sizes of towns in NZ. There are very few big cities. The rest are very small towns. In 5 minutes you cross them. However, Coromandel is a sweet and lovely one. It was Sunday so maybe that explains why it looked sleepy and empty.
We kept driving and arrived in the afternoon to Hahei beach. That was last night. We had a relaxed evening and night. However this morning we woke up pretty early – 6:30, and took a 1½ hours walk via the beach to Cathedral Cove. I personally haven’t seen any of the Narnia movies, but few scenes from the second movie were filmed at this location. You can see in the pictures. The trail to get there was not an easy one for the kids – lots of uphill and downhill, but it was worth it (the kids said!). The view was just amazing as well as the cove itself.
We walked back to the camping, and this time drove to the hot water beach. Now, this is surely one of the highlights of this trip (and if this is not going to turn out as one of the highlights then we’re in good situation :-)).
The kids planned to write about our visit in Auckland Museum and all the explanations about the volcanic activities in NZ. They didn’t because they are kids. But I will ask Ido to write some notes about it in the end of this post.
Anyways, from what we knew about the place before we got there is that you should get there at the low tide, preferable with a shovel, you dig yourself a hole on the beach, and warm water starts coming out of the ground. You just lie in it enjoying life. Well, I was pretty suspicious about it. Especially because we’re still walking around with 3 layers of clothing. Even when the sun is out it is pretty chilled. So how can I lie with just a swimsuit on the beach? Even if the water in the hole is indeed warm?! Thus my plan was to play the “feeble woman” – Amit & kids will do that, I’d watch them and then decide if I join them, or just stand there for them with the towels on my hand ready to hand it when they need it…
We reached the place; we rented a shovel, we were all digging and lying in this hand made pools. The water was sometimes burning!!! I actually burned my foot walking on one of the streams between the holes that people like us dug. It is an elusive sight especially because of the steam coming out of the sand. I think I said enough about it, but indeed it was really really exciting. You can see in the pictures.
Waipu, 12.9.08
Friday, 12 of September, 2008
Few days ago I could finally track the moment I was longing for. This is what I’ve kept dreaming about when thinking about this trip in general and particularly in New Zealand. We reached a beautiful camping site in Pakiri, located on the east coast. It was late afternoon and the sun was out, so we took out the chairs and the tiny table. We prepared coffee (for adults) and ate chocolate and were sooooooooooooo happy and relaxed. Yes, sometimes it feels as if we’re on a holiday... We then decided to have a competition – who’s taking the best shot of this beautiful moment. That is why we have 5 pictures above and in each one of them one of us is missing (Feel free to pick the best one). I personally think that Shira’s is the best.
Of course the sun disappeared after 20 minutes before it returned again so we went to take a walk on the beach. We saw the most beautiful waves ever! Sorry, no evidence for that yet.
We left Pakiri two days ago heading west (still on the northern part of the north island). The west region is even windier, and during the night we stayed in Dargaville the storm was so strong, that Amit and I were awake most of the night, worrying that our motorhome is about to flip over. Well.. it didn’t.
Tomorrow we’ll start heading south. A temporary conclusion after exactly one week that we’re here is that 3 months in NZ is not enough… Yet, we’re trying to take things easy, and as a proof we even started the home schooling program.
Report to grandparents:
* Ophir can read Hebrew pretty well, but not quick enough.
* Ido’s Hebrew is progressing but still there is a lot of work. We’re only worried about him when he says in Hebrew “al-hapanim” instead of “alapanim”. Then we suspect that he’s in trouble.
*Shira is working on her English. She practices reading and doing well. We’re not going to bother her with Hebrew.
Shabat Shalom!
Few days ago I could finally track the moment I was longing for. This is what I’ve kept dreaming about when thinking about this trip in general and particularly in New Zealand. We reached a beautiful camping site in Pakiri, located on the east coast. It was late afternoon and the sun was out, so we took out the chairs and the tiny table. We prepared coffee (for adults) and ate chocolate and were sooooooooooooo happy and relaxed. Yes, sometimes it feels as if we’re on a holiday... We then decided to have a competition – who’s taking the best shot of this beautiful moment. That is why we have 5 pictures above and in each one of them one of us is missing (Feel free to pick the best one). I personally think that Shira’s is the best.
Of course the sun disappeared after 20 minutes before it returned again so we went to take a walk on the beach. We saw the most beautiful waves ever! Sorry, no evidence for that yet.
We left Pakiri two days ago heading west (still on the northern part of the north island). The west region is even windier, and during the night we stayed in Dargaville the storm was so strong, that Amit and I were awake most of the night, worrying that our motorhome is about to flip over. Well.. it didn’t.
Tomorrow we’ll start heading south. A temporary conclusion after exactly one week that we’re here is that 3 months in NZ is not enough… Yet, we’re trying to take things easy, and as a proof we even started the home schooling program.
Report to grandparents:
* Ophir can read Hebrew pretty well, but not quick enough.
* Ido’s Hebrew is progressing but still there is a lot of work. We’re only worried about him when he says in Hebrew “al-hapanim” instead of “alapanim”. Then we suspect that he’s in trouble.
*Shira is working on her English. She practices reading and doing well. We’re not going to bother her with Hebrew.
Shabat Shalom!
Ophir the thinker… 12.9.08
Heya!
Just before I begin, I wanted to tell you this:
I was looking at our blog, (you know .. this one) and I saw that in some of the pictures I don’t look... well... my best. And so, I just wanted to let you know that it was all on purpose yea, I know, I am a good actoress.
Now that we got that settled, let me begin.
Ahem.
Hi!! This is your one and only.. me.. Ophir. :-)))
I’m not really gonna write about what we did, but more on NZ itself. So if you wanna know about what exactly we did, then don’t bother reading this.
Till now, personally, I like OZ better. But it’s still pretty here. There are a lot of cows, and sheeps, oh and goats, and there are also chickens on the rd’s, and there are some “cassowaries” but most people these days call them turkeys. Anyway.. so you see a lot of cows, but it makes sense because there are a lot lot lot of meat, which is really yummy, but its also sad. I made three friends here (Camilla, Catharine and Celli). They are really nice, they don’t talk a lot but they always listen. We had their grandma for dinner once, (literally) because you know .. they were cows. :-((( but still, their yummy.
I love the names of stuff here. And here are some ::
Islands:
1) Goat Islands (nz)
2) Hen & chicken Islands (nz)
Towns:
1) Dum Dum (oz)
2) Bli Bli (oz)
3) Waipou (nz)
Restaurants:
1) Blah blah blah (nz)
Just before I begin, I wanted to tell you this:
I was looking at our blog, (you know .. this one) and I saw that in some of the pictures I don’t look... well... my best. And so, I just wanted to let you know that it was all on purpose yea, I know, I am a good actoress.
Now that we got that settled, let me begin.
Ahem.
Hi!! This is your one and only.. me.. Ophir. :-)))
I’m not really gonna write about what we did, but more on NZ itself. So if you wanna know about what exactly we did, then don’t bother reading this.
Till now, personally, I like OZ better. But it’s still pretty here. There are a lot of cows, and sheeps, oh and goats, and there are also chickens on the rd’s, and there are some “cassowaries” but most people these days call them turkeys. Anyway.. so you see a lot of cows, but it makes sense because there are a lot lot lot of meat, which is really yummy, but its also sad. I made three friends here (Camilla, Catharine and Celli). They are really nice, they don’t talk a lot but they always listen. We had their grandma for dinner once, (literally) because you know .. they were cows. :-((( but still, their yummy.
I love the names of stuff here. And here are some ::
Islands:
1) Goat Islands (nz)
2) Hen & chicken Islands (nz)
Towns:
1) Dum Dum (oz)
2) Bli Bli (oz)
3) Waipou (nz)
Restaurants:
1) Blah blah blah (nz)
2) Pipi cafe
3) Yaki Yaki cafe
And that’s all I remember for now. That’s all for today folks,
Ophir.
Ps., Remember, I was ACTING!!!!
And that’s all I remember for now. That’s all for today folks,
Ophir.
Ps., Remember, I was ACTING!!!!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Welcome New Zealand! 7.9.08
Auckland, Northsore, Monday, 7th of September 2008
WE ARE IN NEW ZEALAND.
Already 4 days. Still getting organized, but this time it is easier than in OZ.
We can’t say WOW yet. Not that it is not pretty here around, but mind you we came from Australia and we’ve seen beautiful places. We’ve been told that NZ is much prettier than OZ but of course we didn’t really move around yet, so we’ll wait and see.
We arrived Friday noon. We were a bit concerned about the food we brought because we heard that the New Zealanders are even more “anals” than the Aussie are (we even have friends who got fined for the mud they carried in their shoes all the way from Israel). We had to carry with us some food from OZ, such as herbs, Tahina (from Israel) and alike. Anyways, we were good kids and declared on the stuff we brought in front of the Biosecurity guards (this is not a joke – this is how they are named). Everything went smooth and we were welcomed to New Zealand. We took a taxi straight to Apollo, the rental company. There we met Rebecca, our new motorhome.
I guess that the rest of this post should be dedicated to her, followed with photos. Even though we were prepared for it, we could not believe it. We really deserved it after living one month with Carl. This motorhome is sooooooooooooo pampering. Amit and I have a double bed for ourselves. Kids sleep on another double bed on top of the driver seats, When they go to sleep and cover their area with the velvet curtains we can even pretend that they are not there. We have a TV/DVD, sink, toilet and shower (not in use), 2 tables with benches and ample of space. Oh, and also plenty of shelves for storage. No more living "on bags". Each one of us has his/her own “closet” and there we put all our personal stuff – clothing, books, games (kids', cause Amit & I don’t have games :-))). I’m sure that if we came to NZ straight from S’pore we would not be that excited about having your own space in the car, but after the one month we had in OZ we’re still excited after 4 days. The only one who sees the drawback of this amazing car is Amit, because he needs to drive it. Unfortunately it does feel like driving a house… or at least a truck. He’s still working on it. So far I can’t even imagine myself behind the wheel, but who knows…
The weather is colder than OZ but after the shock we had in Cairns we are mentally and physically prepared now and can take it all. We had beautiful 2 days (sunny and windy) and 1 not beautiful day (rainy and windy). Officially spring has started, but we were already told that you get four seasons in one day here.
The first 2 nights we stayed about 40 minutes north to Auckland, in Waiwera. We had a very warm welcome by the host, and actually we plan to go back there tomorrow, but that is because we forgot there all our towels and swimsuits :-(.
We then returned to Auckland area, and spend the days in the city. Yesterday we drove there but it is really a hell to wonder around in a city with our motorhome. Just finding a place to park took us about an hour. We visited the Auckland Museum (kids want to write about it) and the Sky Tower.
To avoid the hassle again, today we took a bus. We went to Kelly Tralton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World (kids want to write about it), and then went to the post office. The reason we went to the post office is that back in S’pore I was concerned that we might not have enough books to read. I knew we were having luggage constraints so I sent 11 kilos of books to the post office in Auckland. Indeed it waited for us... Of course it turned out to be silly because we don’t find time to read, and have so many books anyway and now we even have more, but you never know…
That is all for now.
Welcome New Zealand! 7.9.08
Auckland, Northsore, Monday, 7th of September 2008
WE ARE IN NEW ZEALAND.
Already 4 days. Still getting organized, but this time it is easier than in OZ.
We can’t say WOW yet. Not that it is not pretty here around, but mind you we came from Australia and we’ve seen beautiful places. We’ve been told that NZ is much prettier than OZ but of course we didn’t really move around yet, so we’ll wait and see.
We arrived Friday noon time. We were a bit concerned about the food we brought because we heard that the NZ are even more “anals” than the Aussie (we even have friends who got fine for the mud they carried in their shoes all the way from Israel). We had to carry with us some food from OZ, such as herbs, Tahina (from Israel) and alike. Anyways, we were good kids and declared on the stuff we brought in front of the Biosecurity guards (this is not a joke – this is how they are named). Everything went smooth and we were welcomed to New Zealand. We took a taxi straight to Apollo, the rental company. There we met Rebecca, our new motorhome.
I guess that the rest of this post should be dedicated to her, followed with photos. Even though we were prepared for it, we could not believe. We really deserved it after leaving one month with Carl. This motorhome is sooooooooooooo pampering. Amit and I have a double bed for ourselves. Kids sleep on another double bed on top of the driver seats, When they go to sleep and cover their area with the velvet curtains we can even pretend that they are not here. We have a TV/DVD, sink, toilet and shower (not in use), 2 tables with benches and ample of space. Oh, and also plenty of shelves for storages. No more living on bags. Each one of us has his/her own “closet” and there we put all our personal stuff – clothing, books, games (kids cause Amit & I don’t have games :-))), etc. I’m sure that if we came to NZ straight from S’pore we would not be that excited about having your own space in the car, but after the one month we had in OZ we’re still excited after 4 days. The only one who see the drawback of this amazing car is Amit, because he needs to drive it. Unfortunately it does feel like driving a house… or at least a track. He’s still working on it. So far I can’t even imagine myself behind the wheel, but who knows…
The weather is colder than OZ but after the shock we had already in Cairns we are mentally and physically prepared now and can take it all. We had beautiful 2 days (sunny and windy) and 1 not beautiful day (rainy and windy). Officially spring has started, but we were already told that you get four seasons in one day here.
The first 2 nights we stayed about 40 minutes north to Auckland, in Waiwera. We had a very warm welcome by the host, and actually we plan to go back there tomorrow, but that is because we forgot there all our towels and swimsuits :-(.
We then returned to Auckland area, and spend the days in the city. Yesterday we drove there but it is really a hell to wonder around in a city with our motorhome. Just finding a place to park took us about an hour. We visited the Auckland Museum (kids want to write about it) and the Sky Tower.
To avoid the hassle again, today we took a bus. We went to Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World (kids want to write about it), and then went to the post office. The reason we went to the post office is that back in S’pore I was concerned that we might not have enough books to read. I knew we were having luggage constraints so I send 11 kilos of books to the post office in Auckland. Indeed it waited for us... Of course it turned out to be silly because we don’t find time to read, and have so many books anyway and now we even have more, but you never know…
That is all for today.
Last day in Australia, 4.9.08
Sydney, Thursday 4th of September, 2008
Ok, I’m a woman so it is time for sikumim (conclusions), isn’t it?
So I came up with some questions that I am going to ask each member of the family independently and of course ask myself as well. We’ll see what are the similarities and dissimilarities of this cohesive family…
I’ll just let you know that we arrived last night to a camping in Sydney. It is very tricky this Sydney thing. You reach Sydney but then it takes an hour to drive to the camping within Sydney because the city is so huge. Amit and I decided already at the start of this trip (or few days after we started when we realized that we need a plan) that we will not spend any time in Sydney itself at this part of the trip but only when we come back to OZ in December for 10 days. I mean 8. We keep saying 10 but it is 8. Not sure why…
And we also decided that we’ll arrive early to the camping and will spend the whole time unpacking all our stuff, clean the campervan, pack our staff again, return the campervan and drive to the motel in the airport where we’re staying the last night – all with a strict timetable that Amit set for us. Tomorrow we have to leave the motel at 5am.
Everything worked according to the timetable except that we cleaned the car too well, but who dares standing against my sometimes obsessed husband?!
So this is the background, and now to the questions:
Ophir:
Q: What were your favorite moments in OZ?
A: Wet n’ wild in the Gold Coast and eating…
Q: What disappointed you most about OZ?
A: All the work I had to do, and not sleeping enough…
Q: What was your favorite food?
A: Custard and Daddy’s burgers. Oh, and I hated veggie mite
Q: What job did you hate most?
A: Washing the dishes by myself.
Q: What surprised you?
A: The kindness of the Aussie people; That we saw more dead kangaroos than live ones :-))))
Q: What do you regret not bringing?
A: Nothing.
Q: any conclusion for OZ?
A: ah?
IDO
Q: What were your favorite moments in OZ?
A: I really enjoyed when we went to walk and at the end of the walk there was a river with a lot of rocks and we hopped from one to the other. Because rock hopping is fun and I felt good with all my family. Oh, and of course wet n’ wild but I wasn’t with all my family (mom was not there).
Q: What disappointed you most about OZ?
A: We didn’t stay in cabins a lot.
Q: What was your favorite food or dish?
A: Daddy’s burgers and French toast.
Q: What job did you hate most?
A: Washing the dishes.
Q: What surprised you?
A: I didn’t expect Shira to get more mature on this trip.
Q: What do you regret not bringing?
A: We didn’t really forget anything.
Q: Any conclusion for OZ?
A: I like OZ!
SHIRA
Q: What were your favorite moments in OZ?
A: Being in the water park; jumping on the jumping pillow.
Q: What disappointed you most about OZ?
A: We didn’t go to another water park.
Q: What was your favorite food or dish?
A: Tuna, pasta with cream sauce that I ate with my hands because we didn’t have any fork or spoon.
Q: What job did you hate most?
A: (Not really applicable to Shira)… to carry my bag.
Q: What surprised you?
A: The people who can surf in the beach.
Q: What do you regret not bringing?
A: My penguin doll.
Q: Any conclusion for OZ?
A: No.
Amit
Q: What were your favorite moments in OZ?
A: The high tide in Frazer Island.
Q: What disappointed you most about OZ?
A: I can’t remember.
Q: What was your favorite food or dish?
A: The dishes I cooked (brown rice, the chicken oatmeal).
Q: What job did you hate most?
A: Get the family going.
Q: What surprised you?
A: The driving distances.
Q: What do you regret not bringing?
A: Nothing.
Q: Any conclusion for OZ?
A: Take it easy; stay longer at one place; never try to cover all the attractions.
Talia
Q: What were your favorite moments in OZ?
A: Frazer Island, watching the Dolphins, some family moments
Q: What disappointed you most about OZ?
A: That it didn’t enable us resting and relaxing.
Q: What was your favorite food or dish?
A: Amit’s burgers and oatmeal chicken.
Q: What job did you hate most?
A: Making Amit relaxed when he gets annoyed about the kids.
Q: What surprised you?
A: How easy it is to get used to be travelers the kind we are, and to sleep in a car in not very easy conditions
Q: What do you regret not bringing?
A: More warm clothing for all of us; more books :-)))))
Q: Any conclusion for OZ?
A: I wanna come again for longer period with no kids.
Ophir is sharing... 3.9.08
Sydney, Wedn.3th of Sep., 08
Hello .. So .. .. .. How’s normal life?? If you ask me I will say that my not so normal life is .. not really normal :- )
You see, when you drive for such long periods, you have a lot of time to think, think about like. E.g. ((me thinking)) :: although I am beyond upset about leaving Singapore, home, friends .. Life. I soo can’t wait to go to Israel. All I can think about is Noa ((cousin)) Grandma Grandpa ((from both sides)) aunt’s uncle’s etc. I really do miss them a lot, holidays together and seeing them on normal basis. Not once a year.
Oh oh and a day ago we went on a little boat, and I drove!!! ((I am soo skilled)) well its easy .. shira did it too. We took a boat for 2 hours. Alone. In. The. Open. Waters’… MUHAHAHA!!! It was really fun, but boring too; instead of telling you guys about what we did, I’ll tell you more about Australia. First thing it’s nothing like how I imagined it. And the people here are so beyond nice. They are so friendly and love to chat. ((sometimes a bit too much.)) Because we are in a campervan, we get to meet more people in a campervans. The funny thing is, they are usually only from Australia. Even before we started this trip I was like, “wow we are going for 4 month that is like such a long time.” But many people here ((that are from here)) go for trips for like .. 10+ months. Wow. I’ve been to many countries, and I never liked them enough to want to live in them too; but Australia is so so cool. And 1 month is nowhere near enough time here.
As I said before, were a lot in the car, ((we drive in it, sleep in it, sometimes cook//eat in it!!) so when we drive there are 5 seats. 2 at the back, 3 at the front. And of course because I’m the oldest I should be in the front!? But Ido just had to step up and say something ((Meany)) and now we take turns. 2 hours each. *sob*. When I was in front we see many *sob* dead animals. ((mainly kangaroos.)) we went to the zoo and saw kangaroos there. And mom dad and I were thinking if we saw more dead ones then live, and yea we did. So sad. Any way, I’m really sad that tomorrow we’re leaving Australia; We had a really good time here. But the good thing is .. hello bigger CARVAN that’s right, not a CAMPERSVAN but a CARAVAN. ((If you wanna know the difference, it is that a CARAVAN is much bigger.)) Yay!!!
That’s pretty much it, for now;
Bye and love to all.
Ophir XXX ((I really did mean the love to all part. ;-).))
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Dorrigo, 30.8.08
Dorrigo, Saturday 30th of August, 2008
Ido:
Hello. Hi. Bonjour. Ni Hao. Guten tag. I don’t want to exaggerate. I have to make this short since Shira wants to write. We are in an inner part of NSW called Dorrigo. It’s on a beautiful mountain and there is an amazing view. But there is also a disadvantage. It’s, well, FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZIIIINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG!!
Us kids are in the car, doing kiddish stuff while dad is cooking in the car and mom is doing the dishes. Dad promised that when we finish eating we can all play dominoes and eat chocolate mousse. (NEXT DAY)
Hey, again. I just wanted to say that I won the first dominoes game and mom won the second. Then we had chocolate mousse. After that me and Ophir went nuts and we heard dad say to mom, “See what chocolate does to them!” I must go now. Mom is waiting for me to finish writing. Bye for now
Ido
Ido:
Hello. Hi. Bonjour. Ni Hao. Guten tag. I don’t want to exaggerate. I have to make this short since Shira wants to write. We are in an inner part of NSW called Dorrigo. It’s on a beautiful mountain and there is an amazing view. But there is also a disadvantage. It’s, well, FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZIIIINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG!!
Us kids are in the car, doing kiddish stuff while dad is cooking in the car and mom is doing the dishes. Dad promised that when we finish eating we can all play dominoes and eat chocolate mousse. (NEXT DAY)
Hey, again. I just wanted to say that I won the first dominoes game and mom won the second. Then we had chocolate mousse. After that me and Ophir went nuts and we heard dad say to mom, “See what chocolate does to them!” I must go now. Mom is waiting for me to finish writing. Bye for now
Ido
Ballina, 29.8.08
Ballina (Near Byron Bay), Friday 29th of August
Second night at this very beautiful town. We promised the kids that once in a while we’ll stay 2 nights at a camping that they like. This is a camping that they like... It mostly has to do with the “Jumping Pillow”, the playground and a toaster in the kitchen for Ido. Oh, and the swimming pool, but swimming at this weather is not appealing. To adults.
After the Gold Coast experience (and let me make it clear – we only went there for the kids, because we’re great parents!!!) we drove west, inland to Springbrook National Park. Kids didn’t want to walk so Amit and myself walked by ourselves while the kids remained in the car. We even had time to see (this time with the kids) few lookouts, including one called “best of all lookout” which was indeed the best. You could see the valley, the forest, the waterfall, and even the Gold Coast. However, for the first time visibility was not that good.
This was the last point we visited in Queensland. We then moved to New South Wales.
Yesterday we drove to Byron Bay, a very beautiful and romantic town with an amazing beach. We took a walk on the beach and watched the surfers. We felt sorry for them for entering the water in such weather. The water is always frozen and on that day so was the air…However, we were also impressed and thought that it looks so much fun to surf that on our way back to OZ (after NZ) we’ll take a short course in Sydney (OK, not including Shira). By this time it will be summer.
Amit then took a walk to the lighthouse and I stayed with the kids (who were surprisingly too lazy to walk with Amit) on the beach …
Ballina, the town we’re at now is soooooooo beautiful. It is on the coast just like Byron Bay. There is a very impressive river that is crossing the town before it gets to the sea, and many lakes around. This afternoon we rented bicycles and biked along the beach and the river for a couple of hours. Even Ophir enjoyed the sportive activity.
If anyone wonders how is it to spend so much time together with your family - every few days we have a family discussion that has to do with our expectations, disappointments, and the rest of the thingimablaber (as the kids say). Either we’re not happy with the kids’ behavior, or the kids are not happy with our behavior. Today we had another one. Kids were claiming that we don’t do enough things for them and that we have to go more often to theme parks such as the water park in Gold Coast. In addition they said that Amit and I are too much into nature stuff. My conclusion was that we have to do less for the kids ;-) any parent knows how ungrateful kids are - so why bother… But of course it always ends in good spirit, many promises and decisions how to make ourselves happier together. And we are happy together, just that it is definitely not easy and the first time we spend 24 hours for so long together. Not easy at all!
We’re all excited about going to NZ next Friday. We’re a little sad to leave OZ because there are so many things to see here and we didn’t have time for that, but still… Besides, kids are waiting to meet our home caravan. It will be quite different from Carl - much more spacious and less hassle to set the car for sleep. We’ll see.
Shabat Shalom
Talia
Second night at this very beautiful town. We promised the kids that once in a while we’ll stay 2 nights at a camping that they like. This is a camping that they like... It mostly has to do with the “Jumping Pillow”, the playground and a toaster in the kitchen for Ido. Oh, and the swimming pool, but swimming at this weather is not appealing. To adults.
After the Gold Coast experience (and let me make it clear – we only went there for the kids, because we’re great parents!!!) we drove west, inland to Springbrook National Park. Kids didn’t want to walk so Amit and myself walked by ourselves while the kids remained in the car. We even had time to see (this time with the kids) few lookouts, including one called “best of all lookout” which was indeed the best. You could see the valley, the forest, the waterfall, and even the Gold Coast. However, for the first time visibility was not that good.
This was the last point we visited in Queensland. We then moved to New South Wales.
Yesterday we drove to Byron Bay, a very beautiful and romantic town with an amazing beach. We took a walk on the beach and watched the surfers. We felt sorry for them for entering the water in such weather. The water is always frozen and on that day so was the air…However, we were also impressed and thought that it looks so much fun to surf that on our way back to OZ (after NZ) we’ll take a short course in Sydney (OK, not including Shira). By this time it will be summer.
Amit then took a walk to the lighthouse and I stayed with the kids (who were surprisingly too lazy to walk with Amit) on the beach …
Ballina, the town we’re at now is soooooooo beautiful. It is on the coast just like Byron Bay. There is a very impressive river that is crossing the town before it gets to the sea, and many lakes around. This afternoon we rented bicycles and biked along the beach and the river for a couple of hours. Even Ophir enjoyed the sportive activity.
If anyone wonders how is it to spend so much time together with your family - every few days we have a family discussion that has to do with our expectations, disappointments, and the rest of the thingimablaber (as the kids say). Either we’re not happy with the kids’ behavior, or the kids are not happy with our behavior. Today we had another one. Kids were claiming that we don’t do enough things for them and that we have to go more often to theme parks such as the water park in Gold Coast. In addition they said that Amit and I are too much into nature stuff. My conclusion was that we have to do less for the kids ;-) any parent knows how ungrateful kids are - so why bother… But of course it always ends in good spirit, many promises and decisions how to make ourselves happier together. And we are happy together, just that it is definitely not easy and the first time we spend 24 hours for so long together. Not easy at all!
We’re all excited about going to NZ next Friday. We’re a little sad to leave OZ because there are so many things to see here and we didn’t have time for that, but still… Besides, kids are waiting to meet our home caravan. It will be quite different from Carl - much more spacious and less hassle to set the car for sleep. We’ll see.
Shabat Shalom
Talia
Gold Coast, 26.8.08
Gold Coast, Tuesday 26th of August
Sup dogs?
Ido’s in the house.
Wow I’ve got a lot to say.
Gold Coast was amazing. We went to the water park called Wet ‘n’ Wild. Its slogan is:
‘Biggest ‘n’ Best’, because it’s known as the world’s biggest and best water park. And it was. It’s huge! The first thing we did was a slide called Speed coaster. Its for 2 people to do on a tube and its really fast. At first Shira was scared to do anything. But then she got over it and did just about every ride that she was tall enough to do. Here’s a list of the things we did.
The green room – Four different closed, green slides at a very steep angle.
Ular-lah – just a big tube for 6 people to go down a huge slide. (Kinda boring!)
Aqua racer – They give you this soft, spongy sled and you go down a really fun slide. (8 can do it at a time so you can race!)
The Twister – two slide that twist around each other. (Very steep)
The black hole- I bet you can already guess that this is a steep, pitch black slide. It’s on a tube for two people and there are little fairy lights every once in a while.
( No name) – Just a slide on a tube for two people. It’s pretty fun.
Lunch – This ride has the longest line. Shira and I had chicken drumsticks, Ophir had a burger and dad ate the remainders.
Tornado - (My personal favorite.) On a tube for four, you enter the slide, then you turn and you start falling at a 75% angle. You’re launched into this huge round thingy the shape of a slanted tornado and you start going from side to side. At first Ophir was scared to do it so dad and I did it. But when we started falling I was facing backwards as if somebody was pushing me off a cliff and it was so scary, but still so god damn fun. Then Ophir decided to do it with us. So we did it the three of us again. It was so fun, me and Ophir did it again just us two.
Shira did every thing here accept The Twister and Tornado. But she was really brave. And the best part was the last thing we did was called the Whirlpool. It wasn’t really a whirlpool, it was Jacuzzis. And boy were they hot. You could burn yourself in them.
Wow. I liked it. A lot. :-)
Sup dogs?
Ido’s in the house.
Wow I’ve got a lot to say.
Gold Coast was amazing. We went to the water park called Wet ‘n’ Wild. Its slogan is:
‘Biggest ‘n’ Best’, because it’s known as the world’s biggest and best water park. And it was. It’s huge! The first thing we did was a slide called Speed coaster. Its for 2 people to do on a tube and its really fast. At first Shira was scared to do anything. But then she got over it and did just about every ride that she was tall enough to do. Here’s a list of the things we did.
The green room – Four different closed, green slides at a very steep angle.
Ular-lah – just a big tube for 6 people to go down a huge slide. (Kinda boring!)
Aqua racer – They give you this soft, spongy sled and you go down a really fun slide. (8 can do it at a time so you can race!)
The Twister – two slide that twist around each other. (Very steep)
The black hole- I bet you can already guess that this is a steep, pitch black slide. It’s on a tube for two people and there are little fairy lights every once in a while.
( No name) – Just a slide on a tube for two people. It’s pretty fun.
Lunch – This ride has the longest line. Shira and I had chicken drumsticks, Ophir had a burger and dad ate the remainders.
Tornado - (My personal favorite.) On a tube for four, you enter the slide, then you turn and you start falling at a 75% angle. You’re launched into this huge round thingy the shape of a slanted tornado and you start going from side to side. At first Ophir was scared to do it so dad and I did it. But when we started falling I was facing backwards as if somebody was pushing me off a cliff and it was so scary, but still so god damn fun. Then Ophir decided to do it with us. So we did it the three of us again. It was so fun, me and Ophir did it again just us two.
Shira did every thing here accept The Twister and Tornado. But she was really brave. And the best part was the last thing we did was called the Whirlpool. It wasn’t really a whirlpool, it was Jacuzzis. And boy were they hot. You could burn yourself in them.
Wow. I liked it. A lot. :-)
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