Our last day in Queenstown was two days ago. We got up early and rode Jetboats. Imagine yourself riding on a wave runner with 10 other people. The wave runner only needs about 4 inches of water to run- so you can feel the stones on the river bed hitting the boat. Now imagine you are in a canyon 20 ft wide doing 60 miles an hour right at a rock wall while doing 360s and barely missing the walls in a -10 degree wind chill. That's Jet Boating.
When we got back, we had few hours to kill so we decided to hike to the top of Queenstown hill. We passed a woman on the way up and asked if there was a killer view. She laughed, "Ya." The view was the most spectacular view thus far. As we stood on top of the mountain and a few fellow tourist educated us on where Rodin, the mythical city in Lord of the Rings was, we took in a view that words fail to describe.
That's us in the Basket of Dreams.
After our hike we closed out our day at "Wine Tastes" sampling the wines of the region. If I may, I recommend the Judge Rock Pinot Noir 2007, hints of plum on the pallet- amazing.
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