Queenstown

Queenstown to Dunedin

20.01.2008 - 23.01.2008 20 °C

Hello,

Sunday January 20th - Tuesday January 23rd

From the mountains, we moved a little further down the coast to Queenstown “ The Adventure Capital of the World” Queenstown would be similar in comparison to Banff. It also is the sight of the beginning of Bungy jumping, we stopped at the world’s first bungy jump site, and a few people from our tour bus jumped, I was also surprised that the jump was only 42m above the river, I thought it would be much higher! We had a great time in Queenstown as there was lots of nightlife and street performers along with beautiful views and sunsets. As a day trip from Queenstown we took a day trip through the mountains (literally!) There was a almost 2 km tunnel through a mountain on the way!) and out to Milford Sound, where we boarded a boat for a cruise around the Sound. It was amazing scenery and Nevin even had the opportunity to snap some pictures of the dolphins that came alongside the boat and the fur seals that were sun bathing on the rocks.

From Queenstown we headed up the East coast of the South Island to Dunedin, which is a Scottish settlement. Unfortunately, this was our one day of rain on the entire trip, so we did not see as much of the landscape, scenery and wildlife as we were hoping too. Instead, we headed indoors and toured the Cadbury Chocolate Factory. I am very glad that I do not work there as I would not be able to resist the incredible smell of chocolate that fills the entire building and factory! It was neat to see how the chocolate bars are made, but unfortunately we were not allowed to take any pictures. I was very surprised to see the wide variety of chocolate that Cadbury makes that is not available in North America. They make over 50 different kinds of chocolate bars and I think only about 12 of them are available in Canada! I thought of you all and wanted to bring some back for you to try, but I was afraid they would melt in Fiji!

Nevin & Kristina