Around the World in 34 Days

Well after the events of the past week we thought we would amuse ourselves by going para gliding today!!! The question was though should we go from the gondolas or from the top of the highest mountain near by.... You guessed it we chose the top of the highest mountain nearby.. Flash backs of our skiing adventures came to mind as we had to go to the same ski resort, Coronet Peak, and even get on a chair lift to get the top of the mountain ( I was scared at that point!!!) Once we got off the chair lift we then had to hike up to the peak of the mountain - at which point we were ready to ask for our money back!

Once we got there though the views were amazing - although we still weren't appreciating it - luckily we have the photos to be able to look at them afterwards!
Lou was first to go and as the instructor put it she was 'a little nervous' to say the least!! She ran off the cliff beautifully and was soon air borne. This put me off slightly as I started to panic as to which bit of the cliff I was to run off from - not that it mattered really!
The take off was similar to that of the hang gliding experience but didn't seem as scary once you were up in the air and able to sit down and take the views in. The flight lasted for 20 mins and this time Lou wanted to take control of her parachute (or rather the instructor gave her the controls before she realised what was going on!) she loved it though and didn't crash! You could hear her screaming for miles though - the locals got a little worried at one point!
I did some roller coaster turns with my instructor, Mike, who was from England funnily enough as was Lou's - this made us both feel a bit safer I think - not sure why!!
We've got some lovely photos and videos to show you all and have posted some onto the album so if you go onto one of the links below then all the photos should be there.
This is our last day in Queenstown and we are all very sad to be leaving.
Tomorrow is an early start for us all as we pick up the hire car at 9am to head off to Te Anau and we are booked on a 2pm Glow worm cave tour so no time to spare. We are then booked on a coach and cruise trip to Millford Sound on Sunday. We may stay another day in Te Anau to see Doubtful Sound on Monday but we will see how we go on Sunday, either way we will then head up West to see the Glaciers at some point on Monday or Tuesday.
Update finished..... Love to you our devoted followers.
JJ
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