After 2 nights in Franz Josef we set off for Wanaka where we stopped off at a cafe for some breakfast and a walk to Lake Matheson where the water acts like a mirror and reflects Mount Cook, after a few pictures we got back on the bus. A few hours later we arrived at Wanaka where we were told we could see dolphins in the wild as they come in to feed at 5 so when we turned up at 5 we were a little disappointed to find out they had been and gone as they actually come at 4.30 although we were a little impressed that the dolphins seem to know what time it is?! Wanaka was a pretty small place and as we were all trying to save money for Queenstown we just spent the night in the hostel. The next morning before heading off to Queenstown we stopped at Puzzle World. After getting quickly getting bored of the maze we went inside, this place was crazy with various different illusions but the weirdest thing was the perspective room, it really messed with your head as the whole room was tilted and was pretty hard to stand up in. After getting a bit motion sick from this room we got back on the bus stopping for one last time for a big group photo in front of our big green bus.
I wasn't sure I would like Queenstown as all I had heard about it was that it is the adventure capital of the New Zealand and is where everyone does their bungys and such like. I'm not the biggest adrenalin junky and was running pretty low on funds so thought I might get a bit bored here for 4 days but the place was beautiful. It was like a ski village, everywhere had a sort of log cabin feel to it and the scenery of the lakes and mountains were amazing. While the braver people of the group went to do their bungys and canyon swings those of us who were too scared did a bit of souvenir shopping. It was the royal wedding while we were away which I was pretty gutted about not being in London for but after much convincing they finally put it on one of the teles in the bar. After we all got a glimpse of Kates dress we headed on the next bar and the place were we ended up spending most of our nights, the World Bar. On one of the more quiter nights we went to a pub quiz after sharing a 20 inch pizza and realising it definitely wasn't enough to fill 8 people we were hoping to win second prize in the quiz...another 20 inch pizza. Sadly we missed out on this ending up coming third but we did end up winning 2 massive bags full of some pretty disgusting looking sausages...speaking of food I have to mention the wonder that is Ferg Burger, a tiny burger place only in Queenstown that do the most amazing burgers, definitely the best burger I have ever had. They had all sorts of varieties, lamb, chicken, beef with a great selection of extras and sauces. Over 3 days the 8 of us managed to scoff down a total of I think 21 burgers averaging an overall spend of around $250 which we were quite proud of! Queenstown was my last night with the lovely people I had spent the last 2 weeks travelling around New Zealand with and was really sad to say goodbye and quite sad that my time in New Zealand was nearly over.
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