If you can bike it, hike it, row it, pedal it, ride it, jump off of it, hang out of it, slide down it, dive under it, float on top of it and scream while you are doing it - you can do it in Queenstown. We've been here since yesterday. So far we have ridden the luge down a mountain track and while eating lunch on the hill watching the paragliders jump from the edge of the mountain into the abyss, made a split second decision to take the plunge ourselves. It was brilliant as you can see.
I'm not sure what else we will do while we are here, because while anything extreme is possible in Queenstown, it is not only the adventure that gives you an adrenaline rush, it is the price as well. We may yet take a boat ride on the turquoise blue, glacial Lake Wakatipu or a hike through the mountain range called the Remarkables. We'll see. Tomorrow afternoon we head off to Te Anau to see Milford sound for two nights and then back toward Christchurch via Wanaka.
After that our south island adventure really comes to an end at that point as we have made a decision to move to the north island. Steve got a job in the last town before the end of the north of the north island. It is a place called Kaitaia. It is around 70% Maori. A very different place than very English Christchurch. He will be working in a regular general practice with very regular hours and the kids will go to school there for a term. We expect a different experience, but beyond "different" we have no idea what it will be. Anyway, just about out of money on the card for the computer. If you ever get the chance to jump off a mountain. DO IT!
2 comments:
Ah - ma - zing! And who the heck was taking the pictures...?
Really enjoying your posts. Good luck with the northern adventure! Matan sends Ruben his love.
Whoa!! Paragliding... was there anything else holding you up besides wind? I mean, was that hang gliding? This is surely the most memorable year ever for your boys :-) So did you have to jump off of something to get airborne?
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