Julia Dimon and Robin Esrock head to the adrenaline pumping capital of the world to feature in NEW ZEALAND - Nothing to Fear but Reality Itself. Here are a few things they get up to in New Zealand -Zorbing - These are huge plastic balls, with PFC bubbles and Robin had to crawl into the hole of one these, which was pushed down a slope. Robin says that he now knows what it feels like to be inside a tumble dryer of a washing machine. He found it very hot and suffocating in the there and the PFC bubbles only made it very sticky. Most of the time, Robin found himself uncontrollably tumbling in the zorb.Jet boating - Robin learns that in 1950, a man named Hamilton from New Zealand invented Jet Boating.
The Jet boats today are over a thousand horsepower and powered by F-16 jet engines. Robin sat for a ride in the Agrojet, which is the fastest commercial jet boat in New Zealand. These boats do not go more than a few inches below the water. As the ride started Robin was pinned to his seat by the acceleration of the boat. The boat accelerated in 4.5 seconds to 100km/hr.
Swoop - In this adrenaline pumping activity, Robin was strapped in a canvas cocoon with the swoop manager and raised about 40 meters above the ground by a crane, he was then made to pull the chord, after which he and the manager experienced free fall for about a second, in which they reached speeds of up to 130km/hr and experience forces of up to 3G after which their fall was secured by the harness.
Julia in the mean time headed for Te Puia where she witnessed in person the Mauri culture. She sees the Mauri dance being performed by the men, called Kapa Haka, which the men used to do earlier before then went into battle. This tradition is still maintained and the Kapa Haka is also done by the New Zealand All Black Rugby team before all matches. Julia tired a hand at Poi which is the Mauri ladies dance but she could not follow that well. She then went to see the natural geysers of Rotorua but could not deal with the smell of sulphur that came from it.