Saturday December 2nd, 2006 by Brian
Day before yesterday we left Queenstown and headed up to Wanaka, about an hour north, to hang out while we wait for the Routeburn track to re-open. We decided to try something that we saw in a brochure called canyoning. It looks like running down a riverbed with a thick wetsuit on and it said suitable for anyone over 7. Most importantly, it seemed like something that bad weather couldn’t really ruin.
Turns out we were wrong. All canyoning trips on our first day in Wanaka were cancelled because the water flows were too high. We put our name on the waitlist for yesterday and instead headed out to take a day hike to the Rob …
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Wednesday November 29th, 2006 by Brian
On a map, the drive from Christchurch to Queenstown looks really far. It’s from one side of the country to the other but that’s California thinking. If you’ve ever rented a car (“hired” a car) in Europe and crossed three countries in an afternoon or driven across the Eastern seaboard and lost track of what state you’re in, New Zealand is similar.
It was an incredibly scenic 3.5 hour drive over hill and through dale. The countryside is a mix of Yosemite’s raw nature, the impressive Colorado Rockies and the rugged greenery of Lake Tahoe all rolled into one. The difference between those stateside spots and New Zealand is the absence of boring stretches of I-80 or …
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