Jordan and I got up around 9:30 this morning and, after checking out of the hotel, headed off to Queenstown. After getting in around 11 we headed over to AJ Hackett Bungy to show them our 2 for 1 voucher. We got everything settled with them and spent an hour or so walking around the town. Queenstown is full of tourists, but isn’t tourist-y feeling. It’s a very nice little town and pretty easy to walk around.
We filled up on some Thai food and then went off to ride the gondola and luge. The gondola went up a very steep mountain where there were, not surprisingly, a few brave sheep. The views from the top of the gondola were awesome. We then found the luge track and had a fun time riding little carts down a twisty track.
After the luge and gondola, we headed over to our hotel, about 10 minutes from town. We checked in and got all of our stuff from the car. Then it was time to head back to town for the 20-minute shuttle ride to the Kawarau Bridge. This bridge is over a beautiful gorge, about 43 metres above the river. We checked in and got weighed and then headed out onto the bridge to do our jump. By this point I was getting pretty nervous, but there was no turning back. Jordan and I got strapped into the harnesses and had our ankles wrapped with towels and various cords. We were doing a tandem jump, so they told us where to hold onto each other and then we were ready to go. Within a minute we were leaping off the platform toward the river below. It was a truly incredible experience and I would have done it again in a heartbeat if it weren’t so darn expensive. We got a free t-shirt after the jump and I bought a couple of photos since there was no one to take pictures with my camera.
When we got back to town it was past 5, so we walked around town to check out all the restaurants and see what sounded good. We ended up eating at a restaurant I had read about in a couple of brochures. When we got there we discovered that the first 7 tables seated before 7 pm got 50% off, which was an exciting discovery. The meal at threesixty was amazing! We started off with fresh baked bread with garlic butter, served with three different spreads- sundried tomato, garlic hummus, and pumpkin-cream cheese. This was followed by local rabbit ravioli with an orange sauce. The second course was a pressed pork belly with bok choy and an asian style sauce. After the pork, we had a white miso risotto with artichokes and wild mushrooms. Dessert was a mango crème brulee with black sesame seed ice cream and fresh berries. I also had a pineapple pomegranate sour with my dinner (lemon and raspberry vodkas, fresh pineapple, pomegranate molasses, and fresh lemon juice). Everything was fabulous and was a great end to an incredible day.
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