Monday 19 November 2012
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Absolutely Positively Poneke!
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| Amazing race group 5and 4 |
My Wellington trip highlight was visiting every activity. We visited Parliament, the Weta Cave, Cable Car and Carter Observatory.
This trip was new because I visited Wellington with my friends for the first time.I had heaps of the highlights and some mixed feelings on my trip to Wellington. It was exciting, happy and adventurous for me. The aeroplane was a bumpy ride for me because I was sitting next to Isi who just loves singing and Chylsea taking photos. For some people it was their first time on a plane so some of us had to cheer them up till we reached our destination. We left the airport and made our way to our accommodation which was the Wellington Backpackers. Girls and boys all settled in their rooms. After the first night the girls got into trouble from all the noise we made while we were meant to be in bed. Perhaps not the best start.
The second day was rainy and stormy for our ferry trip to Picton. It was fine at first but when we came back lots of people were sea sick, vomiting and feeling very sick. It was also very chilly.
On the third day we had three events. First was the visit to Parliament then Weta Cave and even though I was sick I still took the opportunity to participate in the “amazing race”. Each team was given a list of places to find in Wellington and take a photo as proof. I think the strangest thing was running around the Wellington streets with people looking at us like we were aliens who has just arrived on earth.
The most interesting thing was meeting the Speaker of the House of Parliament which was a real honour for us. Going to the weta cave was awesome because we saw the characters from Lord of the Rings and Avatar.We took many funny photos next to Smeagol which was really funny. Coming back all excited and happy we got into our groups for the amazing race around Wellington. My group number 7 came 3rd, all running, exhausted to the finish line.
Day four was cool but a little sad because we only had one night to sleep with our friends before we travelled home. We also had three more events the cable car, Carter Observatory, and the Te Papa museum. My highlight was learning about the nine planets while playing some awesome games. The Te Papa museum, what can I say, awesome! We saw lots of maori traditional displays including a marae and even a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi was enlarged in big and hung on the wall. There were a group of little kids who performed for us which was really cool We browsed the magnificent works of the elders and listened to recordings telling us about each display.
Finally it was our last day.Feeling very low we all woke up tired and sad because it was our last day altogether. We had to pack all our belongings, put the bed covers on and fold all the sheets. We took a train from Wellington to Auckland. It took 12 hours. We left at 7:45 and reached the Britomart train station at 6:45. It was a bumpy ride going around the mountain, into the tunnels and along the coast to the other side of the country. We saw farms, mountains, river, lakes, houses and cars. Kids in the train all laughing away playing cards, strumming the guitar, while others couldn’t be bothered and just slept. The teachers gave us each a work sheet to do incase we were bored. I really loved the Wellington trip because none of us got into a major trouble, well we all behaved I guessed and that was the main thing was to listen to the instructions that were given. I really had a great time with the teachers of course for helping them with the lunch, friends all chatting away, even some of us doing all nighters which was really tiring for the next day but of course i'm lucky I came home alive. I would of course thank my parents for giving me permission to go on the trip and of course the teachers for staying up all night doing our lunch, thanks to them I wouldn’t have been starving all day coming home sick. But most of all the most important person would have to be god for giving us a fine weather and guiding us wherever we go and making sure that none of us got hurt, but in the end I would have suggest to stay there for another week but I'm happy to be home all safe and warm.
This trip was new because I visited Wellington with my friends for the first time.I had heaps of the highlights and some mixed feelings on my trip to Wellington. It was exciting, happy and adventurous for me. The aeroplane was a bumpy ride for me because I was sitting next to Isi who just loves singing and Chylsea taking photos. For some people it was their first time on a plane so some of us had to cheer them up till we reached our destination. We left the airport and made our way to our accommodation which was the Wellington Backpackers. Girls and boys all settled in their rooms. After the first night the girls got into trouble from all the noise we made while we were meant to be in bed. Perhaps not the best start.
The second day was rainy and stormy for our ferry trip to Picton. It was fine at first but when we came back lots of people were sea sick, vomiting and feeling very sick. It was also very chilly.
On the third day we had three events. First was the visit to Parliament then Weta Cave and even though I was sick I still took the opportunity to participate in the “amazing race”. Each team was given a list of places to find in Wellington and take a photo as proof. I think the strangest thing was running around the Wellington streets with people looking at us like we were aliens who has just arrived on earth.
The most interesting thing was meeting the Speaker of the House of Parliament which was a real honour for us. Going to the weta cave was awesome because we saw the characters from Lord of the Rings and Avatar.We took many funny photos next to Smeagol which was really funny. Coming back all excited and happy we got into our groups for the amazing race around Wellington. My group number 7 came 3rd, all running, exhausted to the finish line.
Day four was cool but a little sad because we only had one night to sleep with our friends before we travelled home. We also had three more events the cable car, Carter Observatory, and the Te Papa museum. My highlight was learning about the nine planets while playing some awesome games. The Te Papa museum, what can I say, awesome! We saw lots of maori traditional displays including a marae and even a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi was enlarged in big and hung on the wall. There were a group of little kids who performed for us which was really cool We browsed the magnificent works of the elders and listened to recordings telling us about each display.
Finally it was our last day.Feeling very low we all woke up tired and sad because it was our last day altogether. We had to pack all our belongings, put the bed covers on and fold all the sheets. We took a train from Wellington to Auckland. It took 12 hours. We left at 7:45 and reached the Britomart train station at 6:45. It was a bumpy ride going around the mountain, into the tunnels and along the coast to the other side of the country. We saw farms, mountains, river, lakes, houses and cars. Kids in the train all laughing away playing cards, strumming the guitar, while others couldn’t be bothered and just slept. The teachers gave us each a work sheet to do incase we were bored. I really loved the Wellington trip because none of us got into a major trouble, well we all behaved I guessed and that was the main thing was to listen to the instructions that were given. I really had a great time with the teachers of course for helping them with the lunch, friends all chatting away, even some of us doing all nighters which was really tiring for the next day but of course i'm lucky I came home alive. I would of course thank my parents for giving me permission to go on the trip and of course the teachers for staying up all night doing our lunch, thanks to them I wouldn’t have been starving all day coming home sick. But most of all the most important person would have to be god for giving us a fine weather and guiding us wherever we go and making sure that none of us got hurt, but in the end I would have suggest to stay there for another week but I'm happy to be home all safe and warm.
Absolutely Positively Wellington!
Monday 5 November 2012
Wellington Trip Map
My Google map shows the train route from Wellington to Auckland with some of the key landmarks that we saw on the way.
View Wellington Trip in a larger map
View Wellington Trip in a larger map
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