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Adventure #5: Flying...... aka Falling....
(Mar 07 '06)
"The millisecond my feet leave the platform, I regret my decision. I am weightless, I am free...I am falling."
Okay, so because I am unfortunately writing this particular journal entry post-travel, I am ...
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Queenstown-Mount Cook-Christchurch-Picton -Wellington-Auckland -Rororua
(May 03 '01)
"Still in Land of Kiwis"
At Queenstown, I visited a fruit orchid. You get to pluck any numbers of apples and it is free!For the first time I am eating apples I personally pluck from the trees....
To ...
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The scene was set for our Queenstown extravaganza when as we drove though the South Otago hills just before entering Queenstown we stopped off to pay ...
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Queenstown: The Adventure Capital of New Zealand
(Nov 18 '05)
"I was waiting for them to say, "Are you ready?!? OK, on the count of three...1...2......3......" But it wasn't anything like that. After a minute I asked them to, "Just say when". They shrugged their shoulders and said, "When. What are you waiting for?". "Oh, Ok", I thought, "I guess I'll jump". And down I went."
Bunji? Paraglide? Canyon Swing? Fly by Wire? Jet Boats? Ummmm, who would, ay?
(Nov 19 '07)
"I replied with "Gimp Boy Goes To Hollywood""
It's Al here:
Queenstown has been a destination that has been on my wish list for many years due to it's reputation for being the adrenaline capital of ...
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New Zealand, Queenstown: Watching Kiwis Playing Miniature Golf from a Luge
(Nov 07 '07)
"It was chilly and cool at the summit, but that didn't stop us riding a luge down the hill a couple of times"
One of the more anticipated destinations during our month in New Zealand, travelling around ...
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Friday saw another five hour drive, this time from Aoraki to Queenstown. However, as before, the scenery is so stunning that it really doesn’t feel like very long at all. And amazingly with February ...
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So, I’ve been tasked with the responsibility of blogging the most Extreme place on Earth, Queenstown, New Zealand. After a long journey from Christchurch via the ...
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Powered by TimTams: NZ South Island Road Trip
(Aug 14 '07)
We were delighted that our friend Nicky, an Aussie girl we met in Canada, could join us for a couple of weeks in NZ. Nicky flew into Queenstown on 1 August to fresh snow, and with a scratch free ...
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Jet lag in party town
(Feb 12 '07)
The adventure capital of NZ is not the best place to be jet lagged. So after an early night i forced myself to have an early morning look around. Set on the shores of lake Wakatipu, the town is a ...
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Recent Blogs for Queenstown
Wedding Ver 2.0
(Mar 27 '08)
Well. Here we are. New Zealand. Land of little hairy birds and green fruit. We flew into Christchurch, the biggest city on the southern island. Our mission was to make it south to Queenstown as soon ...
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Mountain Driving
(Mar 30 '08)
After Te Anau we drove back near Queenstown as we continued up north. Krystal had to drive up a huge moutain with switch backs which was a little scary. We climbed so high that at one point an ...
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Milford Sound
(Mar 29 '08)
So. We hired a little car to do our tour around New Zealand. Our first stop was to head south to Milford Sound and look at the fjords down there. Even though New Zealand looks small on the map it ...
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