As I mentioned in the last post, Yanmei wasn’t too happy to be in Queenstown, too touristy. Sometimes you just have the embrace the touristy stuff and enjoy it. This morning we rode the gondola (5 minutes walk from our RV slum) up for a scenic overlook.
After we came down and had lunch we went on a parasailing ride in the lake.
That isn’t us in the picture. We went up tandem, but I was too worried about dropping my phone to take it out for pictures. The boat company gave us some pictures they took, but they are on a usb drive and I don’t currently have a way to transfer them to my iPad to post, so look for a future update or follow up with a couple of those pics. Anyway it was a great experience, very quiet and peaceful as you gently float along and a great view.
After that I upped the ante and went paragliding. Yanmei decided to pass. This was the best so far. This is where you wait for a good gust of wind to puff up the sail and run down a steep hill and launch yourself. I have some videos that I will upload later, the spotty RV Park WiFi isn’t up to it.
Pictures don’t do it justice, to be honest. Really spectacular!
We had dinner, then went for a walk in the free Queenstown garden, which in the peninsula at the bottom of the first picture in this post. It was really lovely because it was near sunset and there was a nice cool breeze coming in off the lake.
Great day. Yanmei now wishes we could stay in Queenstown for another week.
David