Fantastic Adventures

We had such a wonderful trip to New Zealand! The adventures began on Tuesday when we went on a city tour of the area around Queenstown and Arrowtown, both old gold mining areas. We were guided through mountains, fields, vineyards, mining towns, Lord of the Rings scenery, and more.

The skies are so beautiful it's almost tough to take a bad picture. In New Zealand, they have almost zero pollution. Somehow, though, they also have almost zero ozone layer. New Zealand has the highest amount of skin cancer in the world! This is why the skies are beautiful but sun screen is a must!

Here, we visited the ORIGINAL bungee jumping location, the Kawarau Bridge. The inventors of bungee (men, of course) were from New Zealand. This is the most famous spot for doing it. We got to watch several *crazy* people do it!

If you look super duper close, there's a man plunging toward the water in this picture!

We spent time driving through the villages around Queenstown... areas where people spend a lot of money on incredible land! Our driver was full of information, telling us about the vineyards growing Pinot Noir grapes as well as the number of jobs people have simply to survive in the area.
That was day one! Stay tuned for more....