Monday – Queenstown
homer| June 12, 2006 9:20 pmWe got off to a late start. Our Milford Sound trip got cancelled again due to weather. The tour operator offered to fly us there but couldn’t guarantee the cruise would run because of choppy water in the sound. Not wanting to spend $1000 NZD on just a fly around, we opted to take a two hour cruise of Lake Wakatipu. We saw large areas of Lake Wakatipu and the water here is crystal blue.
The landscape is truly pristene and majestic. After our cruise we headed for lunch at a Chinese Restaurant called “Lakeview Chinese.” The food was decent and had flavor to it so we were happy. It was a quick lunch because our next stop was a ride on fast moving jetboat across the lake and up one of the rivers. Bart and I took a Shotover jetboat complete with 360 degree extreme turns. The boat travels up to 60 mph and the cold temperature outside made our faces feel like icicles. There are areas of the river where you can see 10ft below in the lake bottom; the water is so amazing clear!
After our boat cruise and jetboat adventure we headed back to the town centre to load up on shopping. We bought a great deal of stuff and headed back to our hotel to pack. Our flight for Auckland is around noon tomorrow. After Auckland we’ll fly back home.
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I don’t think the food tastes better at those restaurants. You probably have gotten used to the bland food. 😉
When you come back home – everything is going to be too spicy!
Hurry Home!
Heh… Actually we’ve found a few restaurants these last couple of days that have been quite good. I’m at the airport as I write; our flight leaves in two hours and we’re excited to be heading back home.