New Zealand Part 1

 In late November Sarah set off on her own for an adventure to New Zealand. She flew to Sydney first then had a connecting flight to Christchurch. She then met up with all her Contiki tour group and off she went for 3 weeks exploring New Zealand...

Christchurch is still under repair from the devastating earthquake earlier in the year and many areas are still not open to the public... 

The CBD is still closed off and they have made a "Pop-up shopping mall"...

After a brief stay in Christchurch they travelled to Lake Ohau and visited Lake Tekapo on the way...

 Sarah loved the spectacular scenery along the roads...

 The stayed at Lake Ohau Lodge...

View from the games room

From there they travelled to Dunedin and walked up the worlds steepest street - Baldwin Street...

Group photo at the top

 And toured Speights Brewery...

 Next stop was the adventure city Queenstown for 4 nights...

Group photo

First night in Queenstown was enjoyed at the Skyline restaurant...

Bungy jumping station

Enjoying a cocktail

Views over Queenstown

Cocktails served at the World Bar in teapots

They stayed at Aspen on Queenstown and enjoyed fantastic views for breakfast...

The group were given many choices to do optional activities whilst in Queenstown - Sarah chose the shotover jet, canyon swing and a trip to Milford Sound. This is Shotover Canyon where they zoomed around  in jet boats at 90kmh... 

On the way to Milford Sound they stopped at Mirror Lake...

 The weather on the way to Milford Sound was terrible but fortunately it cleared up for part of the cruise...

Milford Sound

 After a very long day travelling to and from Milford Sound (14 hours) a nice cold (freezing) drink was called for in the Minus Five Ice Bar...

Even drink out of an ice glass at an ice table

After a big night out next was the canyon swing... 

Track into canyon swing

The canyon swing is a 60 metre freefall which then extends into a 200 metre swing - which Sarah loved...

Ready, set...

GOOOOOOOOO!!!

And there was no shortage of clubs to attend in Queenstown...