This morning it was raining! We went to the bus stop so that we could go to the redwood forest to hike. Half of our group got on one bus and the other half had to wait for the next one. I went with the first group. We went on some trails through the forest. I felt like we were going really fast we didn't really have anytime to stop and look at the trees. Most of the time is was focusing on not falling/slipping in the mud. It was also raining pretty hard so no one really wanted to stop and look around. Some of the guys started singing 99 bottles of beer on the wall. They actually finished the song. I wish I could have seen more of the forest though. The glimpses that I did see were really cool. We ended up having to wait for the other group for a while. At the end of the hike there was a lot of standing in the rain and waiting. Everyone was soaking wet after that.
Afternoon:
After resting up and drying off at the hotel, we got on a bus to Auckland to see the Kiwis at Rangitoto college. We got to see some of them preform the haka. It is supposed to be scary/intimidating and it was. We sang the USA national anthem for them and we sang Happy Birthday for two people too. We are not very good singers. Then we got to eat some food and talk with our pen pals. My pen pal got me Pineapple Lump and some chocolate. It was really nice. We also got to take a walk around the campus. My favorite thing though was getting to learn the haka. It was so cool to get to learn a part of the Maori culture. I learned a lot today. It is our last day in New Zealand. I will miss it, I love it here.
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