Kayaking on Lake Rotoiti

Hi everybody,

How's it going? I am back from my cruise. It was awesome! I want to write ten posts about all the places I went and how I got around in a wheelchair because not all these places are wheelchair-friendly. For my last post, I want to write about if I would get the same treatment if I were a normal person. It will be very hard for me to write about this because I only know what I know as a person with a disability.

The first stop was in Tauranga, and we went kayaking on Lake Rotoiti, saw glowworms, had a picnic lunch, and went hot-tubbing.

Lake Rotoiti kayaking

After we went kayaking to see the glowworms, we went to a place upstream to have a picnic lunch and sit in the hot pool, but I did not go in the hot pool. My legs were tired so I walked up to the picnic table and had a sandwich and a muffin. I waited there for everybody, and then we kayaked back to the bus. We didn't have time after to go and walk around to see how accessible it was because the day was very packed. We left at 4pm.

Blogging in New Zealand (hopefully)

Hi everybody,

How are you guys doing today? I am doing good. I am getting ready for my 36-day cruise around New Zealand, and back to Vancouver. Just letting you know that on my trip, I hope to blog about everything that I am doing, but I don't know if there will be any Internet. If there's no Internet, I will publish it on my blog when I get back in the middle of May.

I want to let you know that I am looking for people who want to share their stories on my blog. I am doing this when I get back.

Happy Easter and I hope you have a good day with your family. Take care.

New Zealand!

Well, that time is coming fast: going on another holiday with my best friend! We are leaving on April 1st from Vancouver and then flying from Vancouver over to New Zealand. We are staying in New Zealand for 2 days, and we get on the cruise ship on the 5th. But before we get on the cruise, I am going to jump off the SkyTower in New Zealand. I am going with my roommate/best friend. I hope we both make it out alive!

My family and friends think that I am crazy for bungee-jumping off the SkyTower, but I want to show people that I can do anything that I put my mind to. I think it'll be fun! I hope I can do it. That's why I'm working out a lot and doing the treadmill. So I am doing this in New Zealand with my best friend because I am making her do it with me. I don't know what she'll do to me after, but I don't care.

Anyway, we get on the cruise on the 5th and then on the 6th, we are in Tauranga and we are going kayaking! I am doing other activities too, and then I will blog about what I did, where, and how I get around. It'll be a good time to go and see other cultures.

This is where we're going: Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Picton, Akaroa, Port Chalmers, and the Fiordland National Park in New Zealand; Hobart, Melbourne, and Sydney in Australia; Noumea and Easo in New Caledonia; Port Vila in Vanuatu; Suva in Fiji Islands; Pago Pago in American Samoa; Nawiliwili Kauai and Honolulu in Hawaii; and finally, Vancouver, Canada.

Plans for this year

Hello!

Happy New Year! I hope everybody had a good holiday. I had a good holiday with my family and this is a new year so I am doing a lot of things.
First, I am going to Hawaii for five weeks with my best friend, relaxing and having fun. Then in April, I'm going to New Zealand and going on a cruise back to Vancouver. I will see a lot of new places like Sydney, Australia and Fiji Islands. There are a couple of places where the cruise ship can't go up to the dock, so I can't get off. There will be a little boat that comes out to get the people from the cruise ship, and they'll have to climb over the side to get in. It will be difficult for me to get in the little boat, so I decided to stay on the ship. I will blog about the places I'm going to and how able I am to get around in a wheelchair.
I also thought of a new idea for my next book to write. So I have started writing it and I hope it doesn't take me fifty years to finish it. 
This year, I am working more on my writing and getting better. So stay tuned!

The next chapter in my life...

It's a new day.  I am at Starbucks watching people coming and going. They are getting their coffee to start the day. I am trying to write but it is hard, so I sit here thinking about life in general and wonder about what I want to do next.  Tomorrow I will be starting another writing course.  It runs for six weeks.  The last writing course that I took will also apply to this one and will help me to finish my book. Hopefully I will be able to get into speech therapy and physiotherapy.  This will help me a lot with talking better and also building my muscles.  Next year will be a big year for me.  I am going on two holidays. The first holiday that my best friend and I are going on is Hawaii in February and then New Zealand in April.  New Zealand is the first holiday in another country without my family. I am so excited to see another part of the world and how well I am able to get around in my power wheelchair. We are going to New Zealand for two days before getting on a cruise for 36 days from New Zealand to Vancouver Canada. When we are on the cruise I will blog about my trip to tell you guys how the accessibility is for me. Stay tuned!