After making our last post Justin and I decided to drive to Milford Sound for a day or two. It took us about 4.5 hours to drive the incredible trek through the mountains. The driving our around here is a little tricky but Justin is doing a great job doing everything on the other side.
After arriving in Milford we stayed in a dorm room, which we ended up getting to ourselves and had a nice hot shower and cooked a hot meal. In the morning we went on a Milford cruise through the Fiords which is indescribable! The most amazing sights I have ever seen. After our cruise we started our trek back to Queenstown which was a little less stressful seeing as how we were getting used to the winding roads. We stopped and did a few hikes along the way. Touched some New Zealand mountain snow after Homer's Tunnel and then found the most amazing hike beside a waterfall. It was uphill and only really worked because the tree roots sort of made steps to help us climb the mountain. Once we arrived back in Queenstown we found a nice little hostel and called it a night.
Today though was an action packed day! Immediately after breakfast we booked a bungy jump over the Kawarau River. We decided to do it Tandem which turned out to be GREAT! I was a bit worried when all they wrapped around my legs were a normal old towel and an elastic rope but it seemed to work just fine. It was definately an adrenaline rush! Loved every minute of it though! Then we climbed one of the mountains to do a bit of luging. (Almost like go-carting but without a motor and just a break as you go down the mountain)
As for tonight I think we are going to start our trek out of Queenstown towards the Franz Joseph Glacier.
Hope all is well,
Justin and Amanda
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It all sounds amazing! I'll bet Ryan wishes he was there already. OK to be honest the jumping with an elastic doesn't thrill me but the rest sounds wonderful! Keep the posts coming!
Haha... definitely jealous and wish that I was over there right now. I hope that there will still be things left to do when I do arrive... 24 more sleeps!!! Hope you two are enjoying yourselves... Say hi to Justin. Talk at ya later, Appel
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