Queenstown

We packed up shop and headed to Queenstown (probably the coolest town in the world with all the extreme adventure sports). We are staying at this amazing hostel, where each set of rooms has its own kitchen, tv, and bathroom. All the other people in our room (8 beds in total) have been cool. A couple of Canadians, English, and Dutch.

I was able to meet up with a couple of friends that I used to work at camp with, Steph and Molly. I worked with them from 2002 - 2004. Even though I only lived 1.5 hours from Steph in Ontario, we never saw each other. Now we go half way around the world, and its easy.

We went for a big hike up to the Skyline Gondola and luge track (same thing as Rotorua). The hike up took about an hour and probably ascended 900 feet.

(Ryan, Laura from London, Ryan. It wasn't Everest, but it was tough. You can see 'The Remarkables' in the background)

We hit up the luge afterwards. Ryan was insane on the luge as he never used his breaks. I was chasing him, and on every turn his luge would fly up on its side, and I thought he would crash.

(Looking very cool in the luge helmets)

Other than some hiking, Ryan and I have been shopping around in all the different outdoors shops for the remaining gear we need to go tramping (hiking). We hope to start tomorrow.