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Impromptu Helicopter Ride

What’s better than a helicopter ride? Well, an impromptu helicopter ride, that’s what. Whilst waiting for a rugby match to start just outside Taupo, New Zealand, I noticed a sign for NZ$45 helicopter rides. How could I pass up the opportunity?

Taupo by Helicopter

I jumped at the chance to go up in a helicopter whilst at a rugby match in Taupo, New Zealand. Here are a few more of the photos I took.

Rugby + Helicopters = Perfect Day

In which I go to see some live rugby and end up in a helicopter.

3 April 2011 - 1332 New Zealand

A chilled out day today. I’m at Owen Delaney Park just outside Taupo to watch some more NRL rugby. Everyone expects the New Zealand Warriors to lose against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks today but the suns out, the crowds are happy and I’ve just been on a ride in a helicopter… Oh, didn’t I mention that? Hmm, would have thought that was something I’d have mentioned.

There are lots of trade stands around the grounds and one of them happens to be for a local scenic flights company who are flogging NZ$45 flights around the area. Couldn’t miss the opportunity, especially at that price, so off I went. It was awesome! Really smooth, no shakiness, just wiggling around in the breeze. The pilot tried to do as many tricks as he could in the 15 minutes in the air. Banking was the most fun. The chopper was almost completely on it’s side. Great fun. A real experience.

Thames Emergency

Yesterday, I was running a few errands (one of which was ‘eat Japanese food’) in the capital. While resting along by Lambeth Bridge, suddenly, the peace is disrupted by the military and the police.