I'm a real photographer now

I am a photo finalist for the school for field studies calendar..I won a nalgene...and I guess if i actually get put in the calendar I will get that too. haha. here's the picture...i think there were better ones I submitted, but okay...

pictures from the trip!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/naomibutler/RoadTripWithJohnny

soooo....the trip was great. after skydiving we went to wellington, went to a nature sanctuary and saw sooo many cool birds, then went to the south island in akaroa, where we went on the Fox II and saw Hector's dolphins (smallest and most rare dolphins in the world!!), some fur seals from far away, a single swimming blue penguin (!!!!) and so many shags (birds..like cormorants) ...

good times! we drove sooooo much!! just look at the pictures..it's better than my writing. :)

Road Trip

hi!

So me and johnny (cousin) have rented a car and have been on a little road trip...we left Auckland on feb 4 and that night stayed in a motel in Hamilton...next morning we drove to Rotorua where we climbed a thermal volcano (i think it was created in 1886..so pretty recently)...then we attended a Maori Hangi (with the Mitai Tribe). That was pretty neat...we saw their village, some cultural performances and ate some food cooked in the ground (hangi) and then saw some glowworms. :) Pretty good time. Then we stayed in KiwiPaka YHA (hostel), where i proceeded to get my soap stolen. ;( my own fault though..i accidentally left it in the shower for a few hours..but WHO STEALS SOAP?? that's so weird...

This morning we left Rotorua, and came to Taupo...we went to Huka falls and found a free campsite (Reid's Farm)...then we went to Craters of the Moon...some more geothermal stuff..pretty cool i think....and in about 1 hour, Johnny and i will go skydiving with Skydive Taupo!!! yayyyyy. I think it will be good fun.

That's all for now, i'll post pictures when I get back to auckland!!