Friday, November 25, 2011

Towards Queenstown

The drive to Queenstown was punctuated by several waterfall stops and majestic scenery. There were more waterfalls than was possible to visit, the Blue Pools where trout could be seen in clear glacier fed rivers, and lookouts were framed with big skies, mountains and lakes.

We made a lunch stop at Wanaka where we had a little fun at Puzzling World.




Just outside of Queenstown was Arrowtown, a historic themed town where we learned about the Chinese immigrants coming to NZ to mine gold.


We found a little gem called The Whistler for the next two nights. For the usual $105, it featured pretty much a full kitchen and even washing machine.

Some say Queenstown is overrated, but I thought it was quite a beautiful city. Mountains, lake, resort like feel with tons of restaurants, gift shops, outdoor sporting stores and Asian tourists. This evening, the turquoise blue lake was rough with white caps from the incessant wind.

We ordered some Indian food but then discovered $4.50 lamb shank dinners at the grocery store on the walk back to the hotel. I aborted the India curry and had a delicious lamb shank. Then I had the curry anyways.

Unfortunately our washing machine malfunctioned and didn't wash while we re-watched the movie Couple's Retreat. Guess which resort Couple's Retreat took place at? No, not the one we stayed at. 

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