Monday, April 17, 2000

Queenstown

12-Apr-2000 thru 17-Apr-2000

Queenstown is a travelers ghetto on New Zealand's South Island - very popular for the adrenaline pumping activities available here (Bungy, Jet boating, Parasailing, Hang gliding, etc)




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The view from our hotel

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Yachting on the lake

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 (The Travel Addicts, New Zealand, South Island)

Fall colours reflected in Hayes Lake near Arrowtown

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Arrowtown village

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More fall colours

This is where you jump off a mountain wearing a parachute (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

Parapenting
This is where you jump off a mountain wearing a parachute

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 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

GK and the Dr. on the alpine slide... Again!!!

This photo does not due this bungy site justice - the platform is only 31m above the ground, but 1000m above the lake! so it seams as if you are leaping out into the never-never!!! (The Travel Addicts, New Zealand, South Island)

Bungy platform
This photo does not due this bungy site justice - the platform is only 31m above the ground, but 1000m above the lake! so it seams as if you are leaping out into the never-never!!!

More allergy plants (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

Pampas grass
More allergy plants

"Hand Crafted Chocolate Sheep.   8.  5g/3oz of Solid Sculpted Milk Chocolate Sheep.    From the Kiwi Snack Factory" (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

Only in New Zealand
"Hand Crafted Chocolate Sheep. 8. 5g/3oz of Solid Sculpted Milk Chocolate Sheep. From the Kiwi Snack Factory"

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SGK on the gondolla

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 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

More fall colours

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Helen with the Autumnal foliage
(look closely at the stairs) (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

Louis Vuitton
(look closely at the stairs)

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This paradise duck apparently liked Louis Vuitton bags...

Look familiar Cathy? (The Travel Addicts, New Zealand, South Island)

The Skippers Canyon Bungy
Look familiar Cathy?

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Geronimo!!!!!

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Jet boating on the Shotover river

Queenstown's premier ski area (The Travel Addicts, New Zealand, South Island)

The Remarkables
Queenstown's premier ski area

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 (New Zealand, The Travel Addicts, South Island)

Hang gliding from the Remarkables

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