We had the most amazing day in Queenstown on Saturday. We started the morning off with a hike to a look out above the city and the lakes. While we were at the top, we asked a couple from Australia to take our picture. We talked to them for a bit and they asked if we planned to go up the gondola to another look out point. We said we'd like to and they gave us two extra tickets they had for the gondola. We thanked them and later realized that the gondola tickets also included a buffet dinner at the restaurant at the top of the gondola. Talk about generosity. After our hike we headed out to the bridge shown in the picture above to go bungy jumping. This is the place where bungy jumping began. 
Darren and I both chose to be dipped in the water from our heads up to our waists. It was so awesome! Darren jumped first so that I could film him and then I jumped. I wasn't nervous until I stepped up the edge of the bridge with my feet tied together. I didn't think much about jumping - I was too focused on keep my chin tucked and arms extended for the dive into the water but it was such a rush.
After our jumps we ran down to the pier in town to meet up with some of our friends for jet
boating. Through a connection with our host family we were able to jet boat for the price of a child's ticket (half the price of an adult ticket). The wind was pretty strong so the lake had white caps and about 4 foot swells. Our jet boat caught some wicked air and since my feet didn't touch the floor of the boat, I caught some air too. Our driver was awesome and threw a bunch of 360s with the boat and whipped us around all over the lake and the rivers. It was pretty much like being on an hour long roller coaster on water. Darren was on the edge and got soaked from his head to his knees so we sat out on the beach to let him dry off a bit afterwards. We hit up a couple souvenir shops before heading up the gondola and having dinner. The buffet was pretty good but the view was amazing. Darren took this panoramic shot with his camera.
It looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't get back to you. I'm having computer difficulties with taxes. Hope to Skype you soon. Thanks for posting the pictures. I'm glad you are have a good time. Read my story about the buick on my blog.
ReplyDeleteLooks fun! I want to know, is this what you are "learning" about for your credits? Looks really hard...will there be a final?
ReplyDeleteBungy isn't part of our credits -it was just for fun on a weekend, but we are taking courses on kayaking, surfing, hiking and rock climbing. We earn 6 credits at BYU for it and we do take a written final and have to demonstrate skills we've learned. It's a blast!
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