The drive from Franz Joseph to Wanaka was full of mountains, lakes, and waterfalls. Just amazing scenery!
We drove into Wanaka and I already knew I was going to like this town. We then said goodbye to the Amanda and Emma who were off to Queenstown.
As always Feli and I found our hostel and got settled. We got that routine down! We then took a walk around town to see what Wanaka had to offer. It is a very small town with only a couple main streets so it didn’t take us long to see most of it. We then went to the supermarket and got groceries for the next few days.
The next day we woke up early to get ready for our SKYDIVE!! It was a gorgeous day to be skydiving and what a beautiful place to do it!
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| This is a gooood look for me. :P |
As soon as we got there, we got ready in our jumper suits and harnesses. The nerves started to get worse at this time. He gave me a few instructions on what to do while jumping out the plane and then he said, “Lets go!” OMG, OMG. Feli was right next to me in the plane and there were two people in front of us who were jumping from 12,000 feet. Feli and I were jumping from 15,000 feet!!!
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| Ich scheiß mir in die Hose! |
I was looking outside the window at how high we already were when I heard the instructor tell Feli that we were only halfway to our jump. My jaw dropped. This was going to be one of the greatest things I have ever experienced.
So once we got to 12,000 feet we watch the two other jump out. OMG, OMG. The plane door opens and they just disappear. Then they closed the door to climb another 3,000 feet. The door opened and Feli was going before me. I was right behind her when in a blink of an eye, she was gone. AHHH! I think it is much scarier to watch people go before you because they literally are there and then BAM no more Feli. The butterflies in the stomach were very anxious to be set free by this time.
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| Feli trying to flap her wings! What a view! |
Back at the hostel, once we found our stomachs, we made some lunch and then got ready to go to a local pub, Woody’s, I found that was going to play the Packer vs. Vikings game!! Quite funny to watch a Sunday night football game at 1:30 in the afternoon on a Monday! :P It was Feli’s first time watching an American football game so it was cool getting to explain the game to her. What a nail biting game! Feli was just as much into it as I was! I screamed at the TV, she screamed at the TV, and in the end we celebrated! The Pack came out with the win!! Woohoo! It has been a stressful day so far for our bodies!
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| Go Pack Go! |
That night we met two people, Sophie from Washington State and Pierre from Sweden, who were going to join us on a long hike the next day! So the next morning we made a nice breakfast and packed a lunch and started our hike! Our first stop was at a small beach on Lake Wanaka. We all decided to take a quick dip in the lake!
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| Brrrrrr |
Our legs almost fell off from how cold the water was! Totally worth it though! None of us had towels but the weather was so nice and the sun was shining that we were dry within an hour. We continued to Beacon Point and followed the lake around and eventually it turned into the Clutha River. We stopped in the shade along the river and had a picnic and relaxed for a bit. The river took us to a town called Albert Town. From there we hiked a steep trail up to the top of Mount Iron. We had already been hiking four and a half hours already so our legs were pretty tired and then sun was baking us alive! But we made it!! And the views were great!
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| Wanaka! |
We went down the other side of Mount Iron back to the Wanaka. Six and a half hour later we were back at our hostel! It was great to sit down, rehydrate, and take a long nice shower. That night was full of good conversation, many laughs, and a creepy old guy with a beret from San Francisco.
Our last day in Wanaka was a relaxing day. I ran a few errands that needed to be done and then hung out with Sophie, Pierre, and Feli!
In the afternoon Feli and I caught our bus and we were off to Queenstown!
thank you!!
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