Friday, February 27, 2009

Queenstown and Milford Sound

I feel like this is going to be quick...for now...because i only have 13 minutes to write, but this is what happened the last few days...

In Queenstown we ate a lot. Winnies is the BEST pizza place ever. We went three times in the 2.5 days we were there. haha. Ferburger was really good too...their burgers are HUGE! One day we all did different things. Bennett got a tattoo. Audra, Jordan, and Katie went bungy jumping on the 2nd highest jump in the world. Margaret, Scott and I climbed an 8,000 ft moutain and saw a LOTR scene site. (We actually climed 3,000 of it, but it was sooo awesome at the top. We were in the clouds! so amazing. And Dom went bungy jumping at the first site ever in the world.

After Queenstown and recharging our batteries, we drove 3 hours to Milford Sound, which is sooo beautiful. We stayed at this place called Gunns Camp, which are tiny little cabins lined up, where the power is turned off at 10pm. The sandflies were horrendous, but we managed to keep them away from our skin. Lots of clothing. We kayaked on Milford Sound which was sooooo pretty. The mountains were huge and some famous waterfall there is three times taller than Niagra Falls. NUTS!! After four hours of it though I was ready for some LUNCH! YUM. we were so tired and we pretty much slept for the rest of the day. After Beautiful Milford Sound we came back to Queenstown and ate lunch and shopped for our dinners at Mt. Cook, which is where I am at now. We can't really see Mt. Cook very well, but it looks like Mt. Everst (the pics ive seen) but smaller. Its absolutely amazing on the South Island. The scenery is breathtaking and I am so lucky to be here. I'll put up pictures later tonight (i hope). We are at Mt. Cook for two nights and then we are off to Christchurch...i might get to see Amanda!! FH reunion. yay!!

I can think of more to say, but i will add them later tonight. Miss you all still. Less than three weeks till I am home. crazy, but i need to make $$ and start figuring out what i need to do with my life...sigh. but so far this has been an amazing experience.

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