Yes.... We skydived! It was AWESOME.

We got picked up in a limo at 11am this morning but strangely enough I was more excited than nervous - very rare! Getting to the place after a short journey was when the nerves kicked in...

My instructor, Alex, had done 4000 jumps in his lifetime and was totally cool, or 'rad', should I say, so that was reassuring. Ketan had a big Brazilian dude called Mac, who was a random beaver but again, very cool.

Taupo is known to be the skydiving capital of the world, so what better place to do it? We went up in a tiny pink plane (as you'll see in the photos) and rose 12,000ft. Spectacular views and amazing weather was upon us. I was sitting opposite Ketan and his face was a picture! haha. (But he was going first so it was understandable).

It was so cool watching Ketan fall out of the plane! I was SO excited, nerves had vanished. My turn came - head back, legs dangling, cold wind, big smile - we were out! The first 3 seconds was by far the most intense, overwhelming and surreal 3 seconds of my life. The feeling was incredible. On a 12000ft dive, the freefall part lasts 45secs + but it honestly felt like 10 seconds, if that. I could see Ketan beneath me once my parachute had gone up. After seeing the beautiful Taupo from that distance, it was sadly time to descend but the fun didn't stop there. For the handycam, which Alex was holding in his hand the whole way down, we did loads of spins and turns, that was the queasiest part of the whole ride!

(The video is SO good, you even got to choose your own music for it from an extensive playlist! Alas, I can't upload the video on here because they don't have the right software to change the format to something which Flickr accepts - I will try elsewhere!)

Enjoy the photos, we certainly did :)

P.S I've managed to put up FeeJee experience photos up too - more to come later.