To finish off our crazy adventure-filled trip to the South Island, we decided to try paragliding. We booked the first trip of the day and prayed that the winds would be perfect. Good news, we were all set for the flight! We met our pilots at the base of the cliff that we were jumping from. It was a quick drive to the top and without thinking, they took us away individually to suit up and jump - it was literally that fast. Too fast to even get nervous! I was the first to go as my guy was the owner of the company. We soared upwards pretty quickly, but he had trouble really catching any breeze, so we drifted down to the ground below pretty quickly, followed by the rest of the group. We all thought it was an interesting experience.
Everyone got packed into the van and they took us back to the cliff. We weren't sure what was going on until they yelled "come on, let's try jump number 2!" This one was definitely better. We knew what to expect, how to take off and how to land. They snapped some photos and videos of us, which made for a much more memorable experience.
After our flights we stopped for lunch in town. I tried a hot stone meal where I cooked my steak on a really really hot piece of stone:
After lunch we ran through some of the souvenir shops trying on the crazy hats. They were all nice and warm, but it's hard to make a winter purchase on a hot summer day.
On our final morning in Queenstown, we visited Arrowtown for breakfast before our flight. The flight to Auckland wasn't bad at all. We got upgraded to first class! (It was just nice seats - no fancy drinks or food since it's a quick flight)
The flight also took us over the Abel Tasman where we had kayaked. You can see the path we took in the photo, starting on the left side following the coast all the way down past the beach on the right side.
We got back to Auckland in the mid-afternoon. It was nice to relax! Tim and Jackie cooked a delicious meal to thank us for letting them stay at our house. We played a couple of games (no Canasta) and then enjoyed a picture show featuring the hundreds of photos from our trip.
4 comments:
WOW! You guys are having such an amazing adventure. Boston will be way too boring for you when you get back this spring!
We love reading about your trip and Avery loves the photos!
I'm sure we'll find some fun and crazy things to do in Boston. And you guys will get to do them with us, yay!
Hi Avery!
-Love to hear about all the adventures . . . and the photos are great too!!! Hopefully you guys got a warm hat for this weekend. ;)
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