We pretty much stayed on the same bus with the same people all the way down the west coast of the south island which was rather festive. We spent a night in Westport and had a bbq, drank plenty of red wine goon/papsak/dooswyn etc. and put Jess to bed early after she decorated the outside walkway... The following night was the "Poo Pub" fancy dress party and everybody made a special effort to look like either a Hero or a Villain.
The scenery became more and more spectacular through Wanaka and into Queenstown - massive blue blue lakes bordered by towering snow-capped mountains. Plus we were lucky enough to have sunny skies, so of course the camera had a complete workout..
I loved Queenstown. It just has an awesome "season" feel to it - winter = skiing, summer = mountain biking, hang gliding, river boarding etc etc... Some of the braver ones bungied, but I was happy to watch, sometimes using my sore back as an excuse. I did go to the physio who reckons I broke 2 or 3 ribs and strained 2 joints in my lower back, so I didn't feel SO bad about missing out on everything after all! We did go riverboarding which was great fun and so nice to exercise a little (albeit with broken ribs!)
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