NZ days 6-8

Hello,

(sorry for the long time between the last post and now)

     We spent the night in the small lake side town of Te Anau and in the morning headed off to the glow worm caves. The boat picked us up bright and early on a cool foggy morning to take us across the lake to the start of the caves. Once there we divided into small groups and headed in. We spent 15 mins walking up the caves criss crossing over the running water and water falls until we got to a small boat that would take us further into the depths of the cave. It was really neat seeing the worms glowing in the pitch black cave. There was zero light to provide any sort of depth perception so it appeared as if you were gazing into the sky on a starry night even though the roof was only a meter or two over head. Then it was back across the lake back on the bus and back to Queenstown.

     Once back it was Easter Sunday so some celebration was in order. We headed into town and found an all you can eat pizza deal and had ourselves a feast!
     The next day was our free day in Queenstown, there were options of skydiving, canyoning, canyon swinging, hang gliding, and much more but all for an extra expense on top of the trip. I chose to save some money and spend the day doing cheaper adventure filled things. I spent some time in the hot tub, explored the town, felt the worlds softest rug, feed the ducks on the shore, and even play a round of putt putt.
      The fallowing day we headed to the mountain for some activities. We walked to the base  and took a gondola straight up the face to the summit passing right by the bungie jump platform that we would be jumping from later. The platform was a big metal arm that extended out from the side of the mountain and was just a little shaky. Compared to other bungies this one is relatively short, only 43 meters, but arguably has the best view in the world. Standing up on the platform I was very anxious to jump I had been looking forward to this for a while and it was finally here. Once I was all strapped in they let you walkup to the edge to get an awesome view of Queenstown, the mountains, and the lake. Then it was a few steps back to get a running start, a short countdown, and then . . . the jump! It was awesome!!! Its definitely something I want to do another 10 times or so to really get the feeling of it and try some different ways to jump off.
        After bungie jumping we got to go down the luge track that was just a short walk away on the mountain. The track was all down hill so the karts had only three functions turning, breaking and... flipping. Naturally we started racing between a bunch of us and things got a little crazy. After a few collisions, some minor injuries, and a lot of fun we headed back down the mountain and cooked some dinner.
 - Evan