i've been in queenstown for almost a week, i think it will have been a week when i leave on monday. we headed to central otago (instead of up north) and ended up in queenstown. it's gorgeous here, but everyone is CRAZY doing their bungy jumping, skydiving, canyon swinging ... you get strange looks when you tell people you aren't planning to throw yourself out of something and go plummeting toward the ground. it's gorgeous here though, we're right on lake wakatipu and across from the remarkable mountains. i went on a sweet 6 hour hike yesterday, up over a pass and (1400 meters ... they don't know what high is) into a river valley (shotover river) where i got to watch the canyon swingers, then hitched back to town. it was a quick training for
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