Our last stop on this journey is the resort city of Queenstown. Did we save the best for last? The answer lies past this screaming man-child.
After our stay in Franz Josef, we took a bus down to Queenstown and enjoyed the sunny and scenic showings of the countrysides.
Despite being more commercial-oriented than most of New Zealand, Queenstown still looks gorgeous in terms of the scenery thanks to the blue waters, high mountains, and tree variety. Here's the view from our hotel room.
The next day, we took a boat ride through Milford Sound. We knew our luck was bound to run out eventually with the weather, so we got at least one rain-filled day added to our experience.
But, we couldn't have asked for a better day for the clouds to downpour, rather than have a rain on our parade, the rain WAS the parade. We witnessed the most solid rainbow you can ever imagine and saw more waterfalls than you will ever see in your entire lifetime just in ONE area.
We had one day left on our adventure, and Brady decided to take advantage of New Zealand being renowned for their extreme sports. So if all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you too? Well...
You can see the jump in action in next post's video. But his adrenaline-filled head wasn't done yet. After jumping over 43 meters off of the original Bungee Jump bridge, we headed up the gondola for a good ol'fashion... luge?
An unorthodox way to an unorthodox vacation, but what really sealed the deal was one last look of the most gorgeous country we've ever laid our eyes on.
After 12 plane tickets, 2 train and plane rides, 3 automobile and bus tours, 2 skyrails and 12 cities our Hawaii/Australia/New Zealand journey has come to a close after 28 days of nonstop action.
As an English Major typing this, there are no words to fully capture this experience. I've soared across Hawaiian landscapes, chilled with Koalas and Kangaroos, climbed the bridge overlooking the massive town of Sydney, swam with turtles in the Great Barrier Reef, visited Hobbit homes, rolled down a mountain in a giant water-filled ball, drank tea under a waterfall next to a mountain, jumped 43 meters off of a bridge, and saw the most beautiful sites of the planet with two of the most important people in my life all in one month.
I cannot be thankful enough for this opportunity. I'd like to go to at least one of these places once again some time in the future, but if that never happens, I'm glad I got to set foot in these beautiful landscapes at least once. If you ever get the chance to visit these countries, plan carefully and go for it. Take it from us, your actions here might last for the rest of your life.
We'd like to thank those who followed us on our journey to these uncharted territories for us and supported the blog. We may be back in Minnesota (where temperature's measured in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius), but... we're not quite done yet.
For our true final bonus post (after a few tedious hours of editing), we'll show some videos showcasing some of our insane activities here!
But until next time, Kia Ora!
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