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| The view from Hippo Lodge |
Queenstown itself is an absolutely beautiful lakeside town and the bustling city centre is jam packed with restaurants, shops, tour offices and, of course, pubs. Our accommodation is basic, but really liveable and the view from our room and the common lounge more than makes up for any shortcomings.
Last night we found our way to Minus 5, a bar made entirely of ice [including the glasses] and kicked on to a small pub where we stuffed ourselves with some pretty sweet chilli beef nachos. Minus 5 really did live up to it's reputation and with an ambient temperature of -8.5 degrees celsius Antoinette's fingers where as red as roses by the time we had finished.
Over the coming days we've got a stack of killer activities lined up...
Saturday will see James taking the plunge from a suspended platform with a free fall of 143m [8.5 seconds] at AJ Hacket's Nevis Bungy site.
Monday will see us hitting the slopes for the first time.
Wednesday will see us winding our way up the Dart River by Jetboat and back down by Canoe.
As you can see we will be doing some pretty amazing activities over the coming days so stay tuned for lots of pictures and injury updates.
Till next time,
Antoinette and James.
Sounds like you guys are having the time of your lives already :)
ReplyDeletehaha, I can just imagine how cold Antoinette would have been at the ice bar!
good luck with the jump James - no doubt you have already decided something humourous and appropriate to yell out as you descend.
and I hope you both have an awesome time skiing. Build me a snowman please :)
Hi travellers, love the news and photos. Have a great jump tomorrow James. Will look forward to the photos and news. Have fun in the snow and don't throw too many snow balls at Antoinette. I am sure that your icebreaker gear is getting well used.
ReplyDeletePS The Saints are 23 points in the lead late in third quarter of footy final. Go the Saints!!
saints held out for a 4 point win over a fast finishing cats
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