The highs and lows

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Well...I made it to Queenstown. It is a hot, expensive, touristy place reminiscent of Interlocken or Banff. The Scenery is quite beautiful though. It is flanked my Lake Wakitpu and the Remarkable mountain range. The Remarkables are the only other mountain chain that runs North to South (Our own Rockies are the other.) I went hiking today and took a ride on the Shotover Jet boat. It was good times. It ran at 70Km/h through a canyon about 8 metres wide. I don't know if it was worth 95$ but it was something that you won't find anywhere else. I don't think I want to Bungy jump. The only way I would is someone else was here to urge me on.

The bus ride here from Dunedin was great. The bus was flanked by Snow-capped mountains and fruit orchards, waving hay fields and blue-green lakes. The bus driver explained points of interest all along the way too. It reminded me of that scene in Wayne's World where Chris Farley goes on and on about Mr. Bigg.

Tomorrow I'm heading back to CHCH for some school related stuff...Induction day I think. Then I am going to go to KaiKoura for the weekend to do some hiking and back to CHCH for Monday for more school stuff. Then I have next week to do something else. I'm thinking of heading to Mt. Cook National park and Lake Tekapo. I can't wait to move in. I may have said it before but as nice as backpacking is, it is even nicer to have a home where you can sleep in your own bed, wake up, have a coffee, and read the paper.

Alright...that's it for now. The sun has rotted my brain.

Chris