Queenstown: Adventure capital of the world!

After the scenic drive through fjord land, we head to Queens town to meet some of my friends from Lincoln Uni. We decided to take it easy and hit up a couple pubs. It was a nice way to enjoy the west coast after a hard tramp.

Here's the view from our Hostel, probably one of the best pictures I've taken on the trip.

Intially, I was planning on sky diving in Queenstown, but then I realized I couldn't jump off a five foot cliff on the north island, so me and Anthony decided to go river sledging instead.

River sledging consist of going down a 5km rapid with a boogie board. We took two runs down the rapid, each lasted about 40 minutes long. IT WAS INSANE. There was heaps of eddies and whirl pools that felt like a monster was pulling you under and pooped you out slowly. Anthony was having some trouble getting in and out of the eddies, so we were about 2 km away from each other the entire time. Despite me getting popped in the head by a stout German lady's board, it was tons of fun. We went up and down 7 foot waves and were twirled around in whirl pools. It was neat.

After Queenstown, we took a road through mountains that was so treacherous that no rental cars were allowed on the highway. My little Corona showed no signs of death as we putt putted up and down the mountains to the rugged west coast.

Here's one of the Lakes heading to Wanaka. The west coast is known for is rough roads and beautiful scenery. We arrived in Wanaka at mid day and were ready to relax!