Yet another adventure...

I have experienced the most adrenaline-packed weekend of my entire life. It was a true New Zealand weekend. I was lucky enough to go on a international student trip to Queenstown. Queenstown is like the hot tourist spot in NZ. It is the adrenalin capital of the world so it is super commercial. Here was my weekend:

• Get on the bus with about 20 other international students.
• Stop at a "pie" place. (Meat pies are HUGE here...don't ask me why...)
• Stop at a winery for a tasting/lesson. This part was awesome. We tasted 8 types of wine, and being broke college students none of us spit it out like we were supposed to. Might as well savor the free quality alcohol right? We didn't learn too much because they didn't really think there was a point in teaching us about wine. (I was kind of disappointed because I was interested in it all but oh well)
• Arrive at the Kawarau Bridge to jump down 43m at the world's very first commercial bungy. This was by far the coolest/scariest/most amazing thing I have ever done. The problem is it is so hard to explain to someone who hasn't felt that insane rush of a feeling when you launch yourself voluntarily off the edge of a stable bridge while attached to a bundle of elastic. It was beyond words. Here is a glimpse of my experience: 

• We left the bungy and arrived in Queenstown. We spent the night exploring the town and just hanging out. Believe it or not bungy jumping leads to a HUGE adrenaline crash and takes everything out of you, but we still found the energy to explore some before crashing at the hostel.
• Next we woke up early and went for a jetboat trip. Don't know what a jetboat is? Here is a tiny explain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If8_PVc4dEI&feature=related  This was amazing. I thought we were going to crash and die multiple times. It's ok, it was only the 2nd scariest moment of my life (the scariest occured as I hurled my body off a bridge the day before)
• The prettiest part of the trip came next. We went for a tramp (NZ word for hike) on the nice and easy Queenstown Hill Track. It led us to the top of one of the mountains in Queenstown. It was the prettiest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Need proof? 

• That night was spent out on the town again. It was filled with dancing and good times (like most nights out in NZ).
• We woke up Sunday morning to take a gondola ride up a mountain then luge down part of it twice. This was pretty awesome. I am sure that if the weekend had started up with luging I would have thought it was much cooler. But lets be honest at the end of this weekend luging was not the most exciting activity in the world.
• The trip ended with a bus ride back home with a quick stopover at this awesome little fruit stand that had the best fresh and dried fruit I've ever had in my life.
  

All in all I am sure you can tell it was the most amazing weekend ever. It was adrenaline-packed and included many of the "must-do" activities New Zealand is known for...

Up next? Sky diving? Possibly...