To the North Island
December 8th 2008 Next after the Franz Josef stop was Wanaka, some really small, random town further south. We signed up for a skydive but it got cancelled two consecutive days due to the winds. But I did a jetboat ride with five of my tourmates and Gump (our driver/tour guide). The jetboat was easily the most maneuverable boat I've ever seen. I was quite sure on several occasions we were going to crash into a
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