Queenstown is supposed to be THE city of adrenalin pumping activities. But K and I did none of those extreme sports like sky diving, hang gliding, rapid jets or bungy jumping. Instead, we had a rather romantic time in the adrenalin pumping city going for gondola rides and a walk in the gardens. How ironic!
Yesterday, the 4 of us drove up to the nearby Arrowtown for a look see. K loved the little quiet town, but I soon got bored of the place cause it was totally not happening at all. We strolled around, went into their gold mining museum, went into their "Remarkables" sweet / candy shop, took some random photos, and went to the post office to transfer ownership of the car to EK. Our initial plan had been to visit the Lord of The Rings location site, but we couldn't find any info on it. So we headed back to Queenstown.
Me pretending to lick a giant lolly at the "Remarkables" candy shop
For some reason, I was rather moody yesterday and got into a minor argument with K again. I was quite upset with the fact that there was no plan to do something for today, cause I didn't want to just wander around aimlessly again like we did yesterday. K said the plan was to explore the place and just walk around. But I wanted to DO something. I mean, we are in bloody Queenstown! I wanted to ride the gondola, go and see a kiwi bird, whatever. Cause obviously, i can't do any of the extreme sports. = (
Anyway, we went to Queenstown, had lunch. The 4 of us split up cause i wanted Japanese while they had Chinese. We met up after lunch and headed to the Queenstown Gardens to check out the place, take pictures and see how the game "Frisbee golf" is played. Basically, it's like golf with 18 holes and all, except the holes are targets on a tree truck or a metal basket that you have to aim / throw your Frisbee at to score. After the gardens, we stood around a skate park and watch people skate board before ending up at an ice-skating rink where we parted again.
K and I went for the gondola ride while EK and S went ice-skating. We were to meet in town in the evening for dinner. My mood improved when we took the gondola up and took in the spectacular view from the hill top. The place also offered luge rides, and i would have done that if i wasn't preggie. These ones definitely looked much better than the ones in Sentosa! We saw people bungy jumping (and screaming their lungs out) there, and took pictures of the snow capped mountains, which looked totally 2-dimensional to me. We also chatted over a muffin and cappuccino at the cafe. It was nice. = )
The 2-dimensional postcard view from the hill top
Us on the way uphill in the gondola..
K and I had planned to catch the sunset before going down hill again, but somehow missed / couldn't see it. So before heading down, we shopped at their souvenir shop and checked out their $55 dinner buffet spread (which looked really good!).
The ride downhill somehow seemed much faster.. = ) We met up with EK and S around 630pm, had Macdonald's for dinner, and headed back to the motel after that, with the intention to turn in early cause we had to wake up for our Milford Sound excursion tomorrow morning at 715am. We ended up using the net and only turning in past 12 midnight with only 6 hours left to sleep.. Sigh..
Yesterday, the 4 of us drove up to the nearby Arrowtown for a look see. K loved the little quiet town, but I soon got bored of the place cause it was totally not happening at all. We strolled around, went into their gold mining museum, went into their "Remarkables" sweet / candy shop, took some random photos, and went to the post office to transfer ownership of the car to EK. Our initial plan had been to visit the Lord of The Rings location site, but we couldn't find any info on it. So we headed back to Queenstown.
Me pretending to lick a giant lolly at the "Remarkables" candy shopFor some reason, I was rather moody yesterday and got into a minor argument with K again. I was quite upset with the fact that there was no plan to do something for today, cause I didn't want to just wander around aimlessly again like we did yesterday. K said the plan was to explore the place and just walk around. But I wanted to DO something. I mean, we are in bloody Queenstown! I wanted to ride the gondola, go and see a kiwi bird, whatever. Cause obviously, i can't do any of the extreme sports. = (
Anyway, we went to Queenstown, had lunch. The 4 of us split up cause i wanted Japanese while they had Chinese. We met up after lunch and headed to the Queenstown Gardens to check out the place, take pictures and see how the game "Frisbee golf" is played. Basically, it's like golf with 18 holes and all, except the holes are targets on a tree truck or a metal basket that you have to aim / throw your Frisbee at to score. After the gardens, we stood around a skate park and watch people skate board before ending up at an ice-skating rink where we parted again.
My Lunch: Grilled Salmon Teriyaki Don
K and I went for the gondola ride while EK and S went ice-skating. We were to meet in town in the evening for dinner. My mood improved when we took the gondola up and took in the spectacular view from the hill top. The place also offered luge rides, and i would have done that if i wasn't preggie. These ones definitely looked much better than the ones in Sentosa! We saw people bungy jumping (and screaming their lungs out) there, and took pictures of the snow capped mountains, which looked totally 2-dimensional to me. We also chatted over a muffin and cappuccino at the cafe. It was nice. = )
The 2-dimensional postcard view from the hill top
Us on the way uphill in the gondola..K and I had planned to catch the sunset before going down hill again, but somehow missed / couldn't see it. So before heading down, we shopped at their souvenir shop and checked out their $55 dinner buffet spread (which looked really good!).
The ride downhill somehow seemed much faster.. = ) We met up with EK and S around 630pm, had Macdonald's for dinner, and headed back to the motel after that, with the intention to turn in early cause we had to wake up for our Milford Sound excursion tomorrow morning at 715am. We ended up using the net and only turning in past 12 midnight with only 6 hours left to sleep.. Sigh..
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