After several months in Africa and South America, we had kind
of forgotten how easy it is to be in a western, English speaking country. When we arrived in Queenstown, it felt a
little like we had arrived back in Boulder.
Queenstown is an outdoor mecca in one of the most picturesque settings
you can imagine. The renowned Remarkable
Mountain range stands guard over the city on one side and Queenstown’s
picturesque Lake is on the other side.
Everywhere you look, you see the ridgelines of the other “remarkable”
mountain ranges on the South Island of New Zealand. With only four million residents, New
Zealand’s vast beauty is amazingly untouched and we rarely saw boats on the
lake or hikers on the trails we explored in Queenstown or Wanaka.
Since we were in the adrenaline capital of the world, we
decided to partake ourselves by careening through canyons on jet boats, 4x4’ing
down “roads” and across rivers with a maniacal Kiwi, and racing each other on
the luge. We will attach a video soon to show what the jet boats can do at 85 km/hour in only 4 inches of water in a narrow
canyon!
Christy and Jay had a chance to revisit some of the places
we had been to 12 years earlier. We all
got reacquainted with some favorite foods (Jay with sushi, kids with Subway and
Mexican food), and Christy moved from South American reds to New Zealand
whites. We also spent some time perusing
Queentstown’s awesome outdoor stores for some needed clothing replacement and
into a local salon to get haircuts.
After several months in Africa and South America, we had kind
of forgotten how easy it is to be in a western, English speaking country. When we arrived in Queenstown, it felt a
little like we had arrived back in Boulder.
Queenstown is an outdoor mecca in one of the most picturesque settings
you can imagine. The renowned Remarkable
Mountain range stands guard over the city on one side and Queenstown’s
picturesque Lake is on the other side.
Everywhere you look, you see the ridgelines of the other “remarkable”
mountain ranges on the South Island of New Zealand. With only four million residents, New
Zealand’s vast beauty is amazingly untouched and we rarely saw boats on the
lake or hikers on the trails we explored in Queenstown or Wanaka.
Christy and Jay had a chance to revisit some of the places
we had been to 12 years earlier. We all
got reacquainted with some favorite foods (Jay with sushi, kids with Subway and
Mexican food), and Christy moved from South American reds to New Zealand
whites. We also spent some time perusing
Queentstown’s awesome outdoor stores for some needed clothing replacement and
into a local salon to get haircuts.
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