Bucket List update

As long as I am in NZ I am might as well have a bucket list, right?

To do before I leave, lets see if I can do all of them, I have a few ticked off already!

DONE
MAYBE-depends on how you fudge the rules
NEED to DO

• Swim with the whales- still hasn't happened, not sure how I am going to make this work- there is a tour in Christchurch- very pricy- we will have to see when I get there, but for not I might try and count kayaking with another marine animal- A seal!
• Sky Dive or Bungee-Jump- I have done the highest bungee in Australasia- as I like to say as an American- go big or go home! 
• Go Surfing- check! Well, I attempted it anyway- and I have pictures to prove it.  
• Get some jade carvings- not yet- hopefully on the west coast!
• Climb a couple mountains- I think that I have done this- look forward to more- I will let my pictures speak for me. 
• See a glacier- check, after seeing mount Cook I have now seen a few, I still want to hike on one, so maybe the west coast one of these weekends and the Franze Josef glacier!
• go Scuba Diving- not yet, but I think I could squeeze a little event, we shall see. 
• Learn the Kiwi accent- it is surprisingly tricky to figure out how to do it, still trying though guys- check out the post- How to speak like a Kiwi!- for more info
• Go to a beach BBQ!- Not yet but we are going to try and get the group out on a camping day at long beach before it gets too much colder.
• Eat Lamb (check, we had a bbq on the last night of my field camp, I have also had it at a restaurant now!)

I also want to add a few more things to the list that are more like desires, not exactly necessary but I hope I can at least do a third to half of them. 

• Visit Christchurch and see the effects of the Earthquake- as a geologist I can't miss this opportunity, I am trying to see if I can work there for a week with Habitat for Humanity
• Visit the North Island and see an active volcano- again, educational purposes, now to figure out if I could get a grant to do it.
• Visit Australia- I think Sydney would be pretty awesome, and apparently the tickets are reasonable. 
• Go zorbing! -basically get inside a giant ball and get rolled downhill. 
• Make a Maori dish
• Do a museum day and visit all of the museums in Dunedin- my rainy day activity
• Go on two more awesome great walk tramps- come on tramping club!
• I think a wine tasting at a vinegar might also be fun
• Learn to knit with some friends
• Ace all of my classes!
• Read The Bone People, a culturally significant NZ novel 
• Collect rocks from every place I visit!

zorbing