On Saturday November 15, 2008, after traveling for several hours from our quick two-night trip to Raglan, which was amazing, the New River Academy stopped at a very educational event. This event takes place every two years and is known as Global Fest. This event was held in a big stadium, that I guess is used for Rugby, or maybe cricket. When you pay to get in you receive a passport that has a map of the different stands and other interesting facts. There are also spots set aside for stamps, so after visiting a country a stamp was put into your passport. When we walked in we arrived first at the Maori tent where they had food and articles of clothing with natives talking and doing demonstrations. There was a lot of food here, from different countries. So after getting some really good cookies from Holland, I went to Fiji for a quick tour and after that I went to France for a crape, and then China for an egg roll, and this continued for over an hour. In all there were 14 different countries that were displayed and all consisted of a tent with food, natives, music, and arts/crafts.
One of the coolest countries that I visited was the Cook Islands that seem awesome! When walking into Cook Islands area they were playing really good music that is what some people would call “Island music”, it was cool. After seeing the world in a short time period of less than 2 hours I had to rest. There was a stage that provided great entertainment the whole day. They had dances that were native to the different countries and different instrumental dances. This was a very interesting event to go attend because of the ability to see, taste, and hear the different cultures that are from around the globe. After the event we finished our drive with arriving back in Rotorua on the Kaituna River for another week before heading further South.
~Ross
Traveling the World in Less Than Two Hours
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