Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Queenstown, NZ

We started our New Zealand trip at Queenstown, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Its location at the edge of Lake Wakatipu and being surrounded by the mountains of the Southern Alps greatly contribute to its charm.


We had a rental car waiting for us and it did not take long to get used to driving on the left side of the road. Of course, we took the gondola up Skyline mountain and also visited the Kiwi Birdlife Park, where we saw Kiwis moving around in their nocturnal habitat. 

One of our side trips was to Arrowtown, a charming village from the 1860's gold rush period. By that time we had gotten used to NZ prices and the NZ$ 32.00 plate of fish and chips was  no longer a shock.


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