said - I hope its not as hectic today! Thankfully it wasn’t, Rob wasn’t flying to Auckland till 8.20 pm so we had the full day to do as we pleased. We called Penny and she was up for going to the Antarctica centre so we arranged to meet her around 11 a.m. We had a leisurely breakfast then headed over to the Antarctica centre. We met Penny and decided that we would pay the extra and get a ride on the Hagalund vehicle which is an authentic Antarctica multi terrain vehicle! The centre was fabulous and really informative, a world away from that dreary art exhibit! Our trip on the Hagalund was scheduled for midday so we made our way outside just before noon. The vehicle is a funny looking thing a sort of cross between a small caterpillar and a digger type of thing! It was very basic inside but I managed to get a front seat right next to the very jovial driver. We all had to put on headphones and before we knew it we were on the move and heading to the special Hagalund track around the back of the centre.

It turned out to be a beast of a thing which could manoeuvre over all kinds of terrain and steepness of hill. The driver obviously loved his job and did his best to scare us all, it was pretty alarming at some points especially being sat in the front! We also went through a manmade lake which was pretty mad as you could feel it leaving the ground then almost swimming its way across to the other side! It was a little too bumpy for taking photos thought, so you’ll just have to take my word for it! After the excitement of this we headed back into the centre to finish off our visit. They had many different rooms and one in particular was very good fun - the wind tunnel room. They have small ice slides and tunnels and also have a wind storm at various set times, we had to give it a go though so got ourselves kitted out in the relevant boots and coats then headed inside to see what a -25° wind-chill windstorm would feel like!!! As you can imagine it was very cold and very windy!!! We were soon back in the