NZ Part 9 - Queenstown

we stopped for lunch at lake wanaka then headed to queenstown. arrived at the YHA youth hostel in queenstown in the evening and were miffed that they gave us a shared bunker room. we kicked up a big fuss becos we booked private rooms. we managed to cancel the rooms without paying any cancellation charges and headed off to the next door Rydges Hotel. it was even cheaper than what we would have paid in YHA! becos they had a 4-bunk bed room in the hotel - surprise surprise.... the room had carpark view but at the rate they were charging, no complains.

we went whitewater rafting at shotover river the next day. lovely scenery and water was so blue - different from rafting in southeast asian waters which was usually brownish water.

we were planning to do skydiving in queenstown but weather was not good. pity. the other touristy thing we did was the luge. had to take a gondola up a hill, where we could get a bird's eye view of queenstown. very touristy but view was spectacular.