Larchwood Lodge Queenstown

... of 15, but that's about Luke's mental age, so he loved it!


After being silly for a couple of hours we then had lunch by the lake, enjoying the view (which was a bit poop due to low lying cloud, in comparison with the day before which was clear with blue skies - but I didn’t take a photo of it then did i!) The lady in the visitors' centre suggested a few walks we could go on (the only thing to ...

... just rolled off a mountain somewhere in our, now quite battered, traveling clothes. It’s not really going to help our job search situation but I’m going to have a tough time convincing Steve to part with any cash to be able to improve my wardrobe when we’re counting every penny.

The budget has been hit very hard since we got here and we have already spent about three times as much as we did in South America in one week here! That is ...

... Anyway, we tried 6 wines: (in order) cabernet sauvignon, riesling, c******nay, pinot noir, merlot, shiraz. And I will say that I am confident that I could now easily identify these wines.
Thursday-
The real wine tasting. Neudorf Winery, one of the top (maybe the top) wineries of New Zealand, came to Dunedin. After making friends with Mark and Alistair (men who run the best wine shop in Dunedin), I found out about the much-anticipated tasting and ...

... but the town was beautiful at night.. groups of ski boys and snowboard girls smoking in the yellow light, the water dark behind them).
Instead I stumbled on Patagonia, the chocolatier that Petra loved, and went in for a double scoop of dark chocolate gelato. I ate sooo much chocolate my heart prolly very nearly stopped. I was so covered in chocolate by the time I got home I couldn't even open my purse to get the room key, and Thamar had to let me in.

... so much he asked would I mind if he took a copy of my video so that he could put it on his company's website. Hilarious, that made us two laugh all day!!

The next day we planned a sky dive..(sorry mum) and then we had to leave the mad Queenstown to continue our Bertha Adventures...but that's another story and the next blog entry...

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Lots and lots and lots of love
Katrina and Award Winning Dancing Phil xxxxxxxx

The bus from Franz Josef to Queenstown leaves at 7.30am and doesn't get into Queenstown until 6pm so with that in mind we decided to make a non compulsory stop in a place called Wanaka. We stayed in a hostel that overlooked Lake Wanaka and it was an amazing view. Wanaka town is surrounded by mountains and is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. As soon as we checked in we dumped our bags and met the Manchester crew (Alex, Laura, Matt and Matt) and ...

... it.
The first second or two would be best described as a state of uncounsciousness, because I couldn't see, feel, or think. I think it must be the bodies defense mechanism kicking in. Then the incomparable feeling of the weight of your body hurtling through the air towards the ground. I thought 'this is wrong'. I felt 'this is unnatural'. I didn't have time for any more thoughts. I felt the pressure on the front half of my body. I felt scared as **** to tell you the ...

... jumps 3x's bigger, canyon swings and skydiving also in the area, but I ran out of time to get to them all - next trip! I finished the afternoon with a Land Rover driving tour of the area. It's good to travel during the "shoulder" season (not high tourist times like summer holidays or winter ski season), because I had the tour to myself, like a private chauffeur. The truck was definitely all-terrain, and we were able to explore sights that were used ...

... a beer in the speights ale house and down ono the peir again to get thehss arnshaw over to another sie of the lake and a had a few beers on the boat. had some fun with the camera on the boat too. then came back and went for more pool and met noelle for a while. at some point of the evening, we tought to each other, we all wanna get hammered, so we did! we blitzed it, vanilla vodka and cokes, g&t for paul and cc and ...

... Nach 45 Sekunden ist der freie Fall zu Ende und der Fallschirm oeffnet sich und wir fliegen der Erde entgegen. Toll, und die Landschaft ist der Wahnsinn!! :)) JEderzeit wieder!! Nach dem Sprung fahre wir weiter nach Queenstow und checken im Top Ten dort ein. Dilluns II - III - MMIX Doncs, hem dormit com un tronc!!! El mes destecable d'avui sera el PARAGLIDING que fare amb Lucky Montana Flying Circus, en Rob sera el pilot. I, l'Eva fara SKYDIVE (3650m). El temps es fantastic, un ...