Three girls each carrying four bags of groceries uphill for about 25 minutes really makes you appreciate cars. Njeri, Jo and I went to the grocery store to get some food for my trip (to the Bay of Islands, leaving tomorrow evening) and their trip (with 7 other girls, to Taupo and Matamata). It really wasn't a smart idea to go grocery shopping after the free shuttle stops running for the day, because it took us to long to get back! We were originally just going to take the shopping cart with us, but then we realized that for some reason the shopping carts there won't let you take them past a certain point on the sidewalk. It isn't marked or anything, but all of a sudden the wheels stop and you can't push the cart any further out. It makes sense now why I haven't seen any homeless people pushing shopping carts!
I also got to know my hall manager better. I needed to hire out tanks for the weekend, and it would be really really hard for me to carry two scuba tanks any distance. So, Clive, the older man who lives here with his family in a house next to the dorm (who both owns the place and runs it) offered to take me to pick up tanks. He also said he would help me bring them back on Monday. I thought it was super nice of him but then he told me he is trying to get on everyone's good side because they've been having problems with the alarm system here going off for no reason in the middle of the night. It's super loud and super annoying!
Now I've got to get ready to leave for the Bay of Islands to go scuba diving! I can't wait to take awesome underwater photos!!! To see some pictures that the club took last year at the Bay of Islands look here: http://akunidive.com/gallery/?album=25July2010BayOfIslands You can click on the pictures to make them bigger.
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