I love Queenstown!

The car is absolutely loving being on the road again. We are in Franz Joseph now after a long drive from Queenstown. So far Ive driven 1500km in it on my own. We are developing a special, but good relationship. It hasnt god a name yet, but Im pretty sure the old lady was wrong about it being a girl. Only thing thats certain is that the day it doesnt start - Ill call it Vidkun! So, three days in Queenstown is definatly not enough. I love this town. Or, I love how much it reminds me of Voss. It is the extremesportcapitol of New Zealand. You can do skydiving, paragliding, climbing, skiing bungy (okey Voss hasnt got that, but we have different stuff) It is located next to a huge lake, way bigger that Vangsvatnet, but the similarity is there. And it is surrounded by mountains and has a gondola going to the top of the one closest to town! It even has a hamburger everybody has to taste before they leave. Voss has Tre Brør Burger - Queenstown has FERGBURGER. Above is one of the takeoff areas for paragliders. Since Im on my own its not very easy to go climbing, so I paid some (alot!) of money and got to go on a full day climbing tour to the Wye Creek climbing area. It was me, a english girl called Jess and our guide Rosie. It started with a drive, then a loooong walk up a steep hill. Not like Bolstad where you can drive to the wall and place your bum on the car while belaying! See the round light are down by the road? Thats where we started walking from! We did four different routes up there. I tried on a fifth one, but couldnt quite it past the difficault part. It started with a overhang! :S This is me on the first climb. So cool climbing outside again. Havnt done that since September! Going up "The Mission" The route is 30meters long! I was pretty tired when I got to the top of it! Still a few meters to go!

Thursday was driving day again. Left rainy Queenstown in the morning, and after a while I was driving in sun :) Thats how it is when youre driving north!! (remember - north means warmer here ;)

Drove past a caravan of tractors! I had seen them while I was on the eastcoast in february. Apparantly its like 30 tractors driving around the South Island on a vacation. Theyve got everything from new tractors to very very old ones. Some have a tent and their stuff attached at the back, while others pull a camperwagon along! They all wave at everyone they pass and go around at a very slow pace. Im glad I passed them instead of ending up behind them! Knights point! Another nice spot to eat my lunch! :) Found this really cool beach with lots of random stuff made into towers. People had written stuff on the rocks and treetrunks. I didnt make a pyramide OR write anything, but stopped and took some photos! :) Hope everything is good back in Norway! Im off to Hokitiki friday, and Ill spend the weekend there, sleeping in my car! Its the Hokitiki Wild Foods Festival :) Rob, Slee, Rowie and other Peel Forest-ers are coming, so I wont be alone! :)