South Island: Nelson

We took the ferry to the South Island, it was about three hours but the ferry is nice, we were able to watch movies, eat and sleep.  We drove about two hours to Nelson.  Abel Tasman, the sky diving company was working to fit our group in so that we all had a chance to sky dive.  They meet us and took four of us to the airport.  We got in the plan there and flew to where they jump.  I did the 13,000 ft jump.  It all happened so fast so I did not have much time to think.  We got to 13,000 feet and he opened the door, I was the first to jump.  He asked if I was ready and I just screamed, I was scared to death looking down.  He jumped anyway, thank god because there is no way I would have gone myself.  I spun around first then began free falling for less than a minute.  It is really hard to breath and my ears hurt so bad, but it was worth it.  It is really hard to describe the feeling of falling 13,000 feet, but it is one of the coolest things ever!  The tandem pulls the parachute and you just float and admire the gorgeous view, it did not feel like I was falling.  It is not what I expected, it was so much better and I can not wait to do it again.  Afterwards I could not stop smiling for hours.

On Saturday we went sea kayaking.  The group I was with split up in two; my group went hiking first.  The hike was in Abel Tasman PArk, New Zealand's most visited National Park.  It was about an hour and a half, had nice views, and was pretty.  We got to a beach had lunch there and then kayaked.  The kayak had a rudder and I had to steer, which was terrible. It was a  relaxing day but no where near as fun as the last few days.  We went out in Nelson which was a good time.