sweet as!

hye guys, for those of you who still actually check this...sorry i am so inconsistent. i thought it would be a great idea but i never get time to update!! its all my fault and the fact that i dont have unlimited internet. i miss that and my cell phone i think most (besides you people of course...) anyways i have been up to a lot lately. ummm went bungy jumping. that was pretty intense. 450 feet, 8 second freefall. it was so scary to dive off that platform!! i was in a little cable car suspended over a canyon and i walked the plank and dove headfirst into thin air. what a rush. it was VERY scary but worth it of course. Then we went to stewart island, where we backpacked for 3 days thru amaxing beautiful jungles with ferns and vines and jsut green green everywere. and mud. and there were parts where we walked along the beach and the ocean was gorgeous. here they have little huts that you camp in, and you meet all kinds of people. but they are nice because they have water you can use and places to sleep. so we met some cool guys form belgium who played cards with us, and then the second hut was on the beach and had a little dock, so we went swimming and jumped off it, and then that night slept on teh dock. bright moon and gorgeous night. sunrise was pretty sweet too. i think that trip was one of my favorites of this whole time! and the boat ride to stewart island was so rough! 12 meter swells or somthing- i actually got seasick. it was the crappiest feeling. i have bever gotten that before....we actually started singing hymns to make it thru...hah good times!! anyways tonite we went to a real live rubgy game in a stadium with big hot rugby players and all kinds of crazy tackles. that is one rough game. but it was really cool!!! i liked it better than football. all those pads..hah wimps!! anyways thats about all i have for now! i run a marathon in one week. THe Mota Tapu, look it up, its supposed to be one of the most scenic in the world. we run thru the mountains, its a trail run, which means much harder than the last one. i am nervous but oh well. i am still going to do it!! i am excited!! anyways well i better run!! love you all
mare