So the next day we flew from Tokyo into Auckland, and then took a domestic hop down to Queenstown... our plan was to start at the bottom of the country and drive all the way back up to the top! So we picked up our rental car and made our way to our first Hotel. We stayed at the Rydges Hotel & Resort, the same hotel that the Lord of the Rings Crew stayed at while in the area. The hotel was situated on the shores of Lake Wakapitu with maybe a 7 min walk to the town center. We got upgraded to lakefront rooms when we arrived so we had a sweet view of the lake and the town.
View from our room during the day!
View at night!
Right after we got into town we headed up to the Skyline Gondola on Bob's Peak. The views were amazing! This is looking down on Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables Mountain Range.
From the top of the gondola we headed to the luge track. We had to take another smaller lift to the top of the luge and then of course luge back down... we went twice... since I heard once was never enough...
This is looking at the luge track, there is a beginner and advanced course... everyone had to do the beginner first, I was a little disappointed looking at the track cause it looked so easy... but is ended up being SO fun, you go SO fast, I almost died a couple times... Derick and James had alot of fun racing!
After the Luging and Gondola, we walked around town and ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant, we then were off to bed tired from traveling all day and I had to get my rest before
BUNGY JUMPING the next day!
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I hope you sang the "Jamaican bobsled team" song while you were doing this.
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