Queenstown: Apr 3 - 5

Queenstown is known as the Adventure Capital of the Word because there are so many adrenaline filled activities to take part in, including bungee jumping, skydiving and luging. Since I wasn't allowed to bungee jump but didn't want to leave Queenstown without trying something crazy, I did the Nevis Swing. This is the largest Swing in the world with a 70m free fall at the beginning followed by a 300m arc! It was absolutely insane and I still get nervous every time I watch the video. The guy strapping my friend Jamie and I in (I could never do it alone) kept joking about how it was his first day and saying he's not sure where the clips should go which didn't help calm me down any. I screamed for the entire first swing but luckily stopped after that. Unfortunately, I can't upload the video just yet because the file size is too big but I'll fix that once I'm home.

We also took a day trip and cruise to the beautiful Milford Sounds which was carved out by glaciers and has a ton of waterfalls when it's raining but only two when its not. We did a luge track, drank alcohol from teapots and ate a fergburger while there. All in all, I'd say it was a pretty successful 3 days!

 

The moment when the operator released us and the free fall began

 

 This is where the video will be, but that will have to wait until I am home and can make the video file size small enough for BlogSpot to allow me to upload it.



On our way to Milford Sound, we stopped to see a waterfall. It rains so much there that all the trees are covered in moss

On the Milford Sound boat cruise

 

I wanted a picture with the waterfall...

...but didn't realize how wet it would make me!

The Milford Crew

The view from the gondola at the top of the city

Luge Time!

The whole time, I was thinking about how Alex, Matthew and Steven would absolutely love doing this as well!

Mirror lakes

I'm always amazed by the mountains disappearing into the clouds