18 – feb 5: queenstown to wanaka

for the sheer fact that it is now february 19th, and i still haven’t written about this experience fully, i apologize for any shortcuts in this entry. i think it is impossible for me to write about everything in total depth – and i’m pretty sure you’re overwhelemed at this point anyway. thus, i will probably be brief, despite the awesomeness of what happened today!

basically, in acordance to my “crazy stuff” category and my general craving for all kinds of crazy, i decided to do a kinda bungee jump. instead of a proper one where you get a terrible jerk into your knees, i went for a canyon swing. it is a combination of a bungy jump and a swing, allowing for as much andrenaline, and less stress on the body in terms of physical part. of course its still unnerving as hell :)

let me quote the guide: 60 meters of freefall off a 109 meter high booth, above a canyon, resulting in a 200 meter arc of swing. if you look through their jump styles, i went for (first) a backwards jump – where you softly fall away from the platform and freak out completely not feeling anything for a whole half of your life (anyway that’s how it feels), and secondly for a “gimp boy/girl does hollywood“. i have a video of the 2nd one filmed by another guy there, and i have nice photos i ended up buying of both of them from the actual people, but this was definitely one of the most awesome experiences in new zealand.

the andrenaline rush is particularly high because of the skill of the operators, who know exactly how to build you up so that you end up completly freaking out.

after my craziness, oleg and i went onwards and forwards through the highest paved road in new zealand to wanaka, a town similar to queenstown, only nicer. in the evening, nothing happened, as we basically enjoyed the pleasant atmosphere.