Activities In New Zealand
By: Paden Cuthill
Date: January 27, 2010
Hi there! We have learned from three outstanding activities that New Zealand has many exciting sights and animals. The three activities were exploring Aoraki/Mount Cook, horse trekking, and encountering dolphins. For each of those activities we learned a couple interesting facts.
Firstly, at Aoraki we learned that Sir Edmund Hillary (the first person to climb Everest) trained climbing Mount Cook so that he would be prepared for the great expedition up Everest. At Aoraki we went to the Southern most sky observatory where we learned about the vastness of the universe, the millions of galaxies and the black holes that are 10,000 times the mass of our sun and warp time. Aoraki was a great pedagogic experience; it even has snow.
Secondly, horse trekking was a stupendous activity. We went trotting through a scintillating, sapphire colored river. Walked up steep slippery, slimy mud hills. The horses were outstanding when we did those things. They walked at a marvelously, smooth pace and they didn’t buck either. My dad’s horse tried to run-away with him on it and my brother’s horse followed. My mom’s horse tried to continually nip my horses butt.It was extremely funny. We learned that if you treat your horse nicely it will treat you nicely.
Lastly, when we encountered dolphins we went on a boat that took us into the Pacific Ocean. There we jumped into the water and swam with the dusky dolphins. We learned that we have to entertain the dolphins, not the other way around. The best way to entertain a dolphin is to sing. If we didn’t entertain the dolphins at least we entertained the crew left on the boat with our singing. When we saw the dolphins there were about three hundred of them. The dolphins liked to chat to one another. They were fantastic animals in their natural habitat, the sea.
Overall we learned quite a bit. It was a superlative experience.
Miss You All
Paden + Family
