Trekking to the Ureweras

During a trek to the Ureweras on the 2 of January, 2008.

Marcus (standing), Hamish (sitting) and somebody's bottom (at the back)!

the whole group Us!

Us, again.

Experience Wirinaki

Just sorting my photos on the computer.... From the weekend of the 26 of January, during the adventure race Experience Wirinaki. Here just trying to find the best way to carry the tubes on our MTB's.

That is the boy!!That is me!

Mtb in Whirinaki

Some pics from a mountain biking trip to Whirinaki . On Sunday the 20th of January.

Katie pie, Dave, Andrew, John, Karina and Hamish. The H tree!

The first adventure race

Here there are some photos that lovely Briana took during the race: "Summer adventure race in Taupo".

The Team

The Team after the coastering section Can't wait until the next one!!!!!!

Training session at the Pinnacles

A few pictures taken during a training activity for a race that we are planning in Dec-2007.

The view from the Top

Hamish at the top of the Pinnacles. Hamish, Karina(me),Paul, Nina and Briana who is taking the photo, on a training session in the Coromandel area (The Pinnacles). Thanks to Briana that sent me all the pictures.

weekend in tukino...

....en mi post anterior, como buena chilena me andaba quejando.... no mas quejas ahora...Aqui una foto del fin de semana pasado en el ski field en Tukino... haciendo un poco de snowboarding con unos amigos...!!! posiblemente vamos este fin de semana tambien, YUJUUUUyyy!!! kb

Waihaha Hut trip

Some pics from trip to Pureora Forest Park, mountain biking to Waihaha Hut (well mountain biking/bike pushing).

in the hut, cold.... waiting for the fire to heat up the room

From left to right, me,hamish,andrew, dave(kneeling),martin and charly(no sure of spelling)

guess who this is?

More differences

• 4 mill people in NZ. In Chile ~16 mill.
• Chileans speak chilensis, new zealanders speak kiwi.
• In NZ news are at 6:00 pm in Chile at 9:00 pm.
• Public transportation is terrible in NZ, in Chile you can get to places that never thought you could by bus or some sort of public transport!
• In NZ every family has at least one car, in Chile no yet, but is become more common.
• Unemployment rate in Chile moves between ~8 and ~9. In NZ, it moves between 3 ~4.
• Even thought NZ is a small country compared to Chile, the cultural diversity here a lot higher than in Chile.
• Dinner is usually between 6- 7 pm in NZ, :-). Chile people depending on the season you can eat as late as 10:00 pm! Lunch between 1-2, sometimes at 3:00. Of course, the timing depends on families, for example my grandmother (q.e.p.d) used to eat every 4 hours breakfast at 8:00, lunch at 12:00 and afternoon tea between 4-5, sometimes dinner sometimes a light snack at night.
• Pan for Africa in Chile, no so much here!
• A lot more people smoke in Chile compare to NZ.

to be continued..

Wedding at the HB..New Zealand wine country!

At a wedding in the HB, 2 of march! The reception was held at Kemblefield Winery, across the road from the bride's parents' place, where the ceremony took place at the top of a hill!

The snow caving trip...

I found some pictures from the snow-caving trip. I thought I will put them up in here to share with you..... !

The boy entering one of the caves, as you can clearly see!

This is the view from the back door of the lodge.

One of the workers digging snow out!!

What a weekend

What a weekend. I came back from Auckland on Friday feeling very tired only wanting to sleep in during the weekend and do nothing, but we had this trip plan to the mountain with a group of friends. It was "the July" trip of the month. I wasn't sure about going until next day when I got up at 10 past seven. Then I finally made up my mind, I was still tired and starting to get a headache which stayed with me the most of the weekend!! Now, that is Sunday and we are back, I am happy that I did go because it was a wicked weekend! We had so much fun. The plan was first to go to this hut, that I forgot the name, in Tongariro National Park but we ended up staying in a different place. We turn into the road that was to take us to our destination. Hamish decided to go for a walk while the other boys set up the chains in the front wheels. In his walk Hamish made a friend "Moka", he worked in the place for the season, it is still not clear to me who he worked for. Moka scorted us a long way into the park in his 4WD, we got stuck several times, lost the chains from the wheels some a couple of times. Finally, we made it to the top and we decided that place was just perfect for all the things we wanted to do. Some how we ended up helping the people at the ski lodge to set up the tow ropes; we spend the night in this great hut which had hot water, electricity, fireplace showersssss (not that I took one)! Sunday morning after having a nice breakfast we went to play in the snow, first a brief remainder of self-arrest and how to walk in snow in steep slopes and some bump sliding. I even tried snow-boarding.!! By 4 o'clock we decided to head back to the city. There are 7 km from the hut to the main road and it took us about 1 hour and a half to get down, the longest 7 and ½ km that have driven. It wasn't the best terrain for the old Van! It felt like if we were on a rollercoaster more that on a Van. Again we had to replace the chains a couple of times on the way down, and even a little bit of pushing the old Van to get her going! It was a great weekend, to top that off when I got home today and check the mail box, surprise, surprise there was a letter for Karina from New Zealand Immigration. The letter said that I was granted residency! Who would have though that it will only take 3 months! After a year of been in New Zealand, crazy !!! This last Saturday it is a year since I arrived to New Zealand to meet my boy!!! Time goes by very quickly.

Waihohonu Hut

Pictures from weekend at Waihohonu Hut. El fin de semana del 13 y 14 de mayo,con un grupo de amigos nos fuimos a la montana a un parque llamado Tongariro National Park. Nos quedamos en una cabana la noche del sabado, experimentamos la primera nevazon de la temporada. A fun bum sliding, by the way I am in the orange jacket (soy la de la chaqueta naranja fosforecente). Mi favorita son las siluetas, el paisaje es tan hermoso que me recuerda mucho a Chile. La ultima foto es el grupo que participo en el viaje del fin de semana. La majoria son forestales.!

Trip to Narahui...

This picture is from Narahui...(I am not sure how to spell that) I think it is a really nice photo. It is summer. It was a hiking trip we did with Jono and Mel, our friends from Rotorua.