Day 107: Rafting and reunited with Ben!!

Up at 7:30 this morning for white water rafting!! I was so excited for this but also very nervous given its risks! We got kitted up in our wetsuits and then headed off up the river to the starting point. I shared a raft with Marissa, Alex and Shannon and our instructor was really nice and very experienced. The river was around 11km long and the rafting took 2.5 hours. It was so much fun!! And none of us managed to fall in which was good! We left River Valley pretty much straight after rafting as we had a long journey ahead of us to the city of Wellington. We had a few stops on the way, one of which we used to help Tahni clean the bus! We thought it would be best to help him, to speed up the process!! He wasn't the best with time management and we wanted to get to Wellington in good time. We eventually arrived in Wellington at 7pm. I quickly checked into my room and got changed as I was meeting Ben for dinner. I met Ben way back in August on the Contiki Thailand trip so it was great to be able to see him again here. Ben took me on a walk around Wellington and then we went to a burger restaurant for dinner. After dinner Ben hired a car and drove us up to the Mount Victoria lookout. This was so cool as we were able to see the whole of the city lit up at night, although it was bloody freezing at the top of this hill so we didn't stay for long! It was great catching up with Ben and I hope we keep in touch so I can see him again in the future.