We piled 8 of us into a soccer mom caravan - El, Jay, Jen, Josh, Erin, Stephen, Margie and myself, and headed off to Queenstown, the 'adventure capital of the world.' As my previous skydiving post indicates, we took the term literally, and 5 of us threw ourselves out of a plane (of course, after strategically forgetting to mention to my mom what exactly we planned on doing in Queenstown!)
But besides the skydiving, we also took in what Queenstown had to offer. Picture a quaint little town on the water, with towering peaks everywhere the eye could see. It was breathtaking.
This is the view from our room in Queenstown:
And from our ride out to Glenorchy - El walking on water :)
One of my favorite pics from the drive:
Margie, Josh, Myself & Stephen out at Frasers!
We also drove a few more kilometers south (by few I mean many) to Te Anau and to Fiordland National Park to see New Zealand's fiords in Milford Sound! Despite the deceiving name, Milford Sound is not a sound at all, but a fiord (a body of water that has been glacially formed).
We went to see Milford Sound on a day cruise - and had some friends join us along the way:
Many laughs, and many hours of driving later, we also made a stop at Lake Pukaki - where we got these stunning views of Mount Cook - this was literally the color of the water! Amazing!!!
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