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Day 15
Today I took temporary leave of my senses and decided to jump out of a plane from 12,000 feet with a big hairy Kiwi strapped to my back. I was pretty nervous all morning but not as scared as I thought I would be because it all seemed a bit surreal. Although as I had to watch three people jump before me in the plane I started to get pretty terrified as they seemed to disappear into no where and not come back. Then as I was hovered out of the door I found it hard to smile for the camera and after the initial fear of falling the freefall was amazing. I seemed to be screaming but nothing would come out, and the views were unbelievable I could see the Alps, Mt Cook and lake Wanaka definitely a different perspective on the scenery and I even had a go at flying the parachute. Its hard to explain how it feels but with all that adrenaline I was keen to celebrate my bravery in Queenstown and it took a whole day for my ears to finally pop properly. Now I have laid down the gauntlet Lee is talking of taking on some extreme sports in Queenstown, so we’ll see if his words turn into actions.
On the way to Queenstown we stopped off at Puzzle World, which has a massive maze and museum of illusions/brain games. It was a fairly funky little place and worth the $10 for a walk around, although the maze was too much effort for me (lee), so after 5mins I gave up and went for a kip on the grass outside.
Queenstown is definitely livelier than Fox, or anywhere else we’ve been in the South Island for that matter. After some trouble finding a bed we went out with our female drivers who took us to Queenstown too. Queenstown is like a lively ski resort out of season, with adventure sports everywhere. Strangely we ran into a couple of girls we have met in Mana island, Suva (Fiji) and Taupo (North Island New Zealand) they certainly seem hot on our tails. Lee got a little too excited and ended up being asked to leave after falling asleep on the dance floor and throwing up in the toilet, but otherwise it was a good night.
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