Day 59-60

This is my last post from Queenstown, NZ. I had a great time here, met lot of amazing people and participated in some crazy activities. On my final full day I decided to explore the town and appreciate it's natural beauty. In the afternoon, I met up with the Hangliding tour and headed up a steep and windy road to get to the launch site. We took off as the sun began to set and flew around for 15-20 minutes before landing in a pasture in near darkness.
The next morning, I woke up early checked out of the hostel and was off to white water rafting before my 3pm flight. We rafted for about two hours going through various different rapids, the highest being a category 4. Down the river we saw the remains of the world second biggest gold rush, and commercial mining had existed here until a recent moratorium was enacted in 1990. We finished the trip by paddling through a cave, when we came out the other side we had about a 5 foot drop. After warming up in the Sauna I got changed and headed back to town. In town, I grabbed a quick bite to eat and then I was off to the airport. Air New Zealand has the best safety video ever, please watch below.

Steamboat, lakeside in town

Getting ready to hanglide into the sunset.

Whitewater rafting on my final morning in Q-Town

 

Video of me running off the side of one of The Remarkables to catch some air. 

The Air New Zealand inflight safety video

Day 57-58

The Nevis Bungy tower

Went for my first bungy jump today, words can't describe the way I felt. As you saw in the previous post, I posted the video of my jump and it was from what I am told the second highest in the world. After the jump I headed back to town and had the famous Queenstown Ferg burger by the lake, it was pretty good but doesn't quite match up to a NY burger. At night I headed to the Ice bar where even the glasses we drank from were made of ice.

The next day I went on a long hike up the mountain next to town. At the top I kept on going till I was at the peak all alone, not only was it immaculate up there but it was also very tranquil and I stayed at the peak for a good half an hour just absorbing the sights.

Taking the plunge

Post jump

Ferg Burger on Lake Wakatipu

View through the trees as I hike up Bob's hill

View of The Remarkables from the top of my hike.