Trip in New Zealand: Queenstown

18/11/2009

The options chosen for this day were: Bungy Jump and Gondola + Luge rides. However, Fabricio and I had paid only as an expectator for the Nevis Bungy Jump (134m). We wanted to jump, but we were undecided, as it scared us. Anyway, if we decided to jump, we would pay only the difference between we had already paid.

As we had woke up late, we didn’t have breakfast and run to the Bungy Jump Store to wait for the bus. Once we arrived there, we (Fabricio and I) got really nervous and frightened. Thiago was the first one to jump. He was extremely excited!!! I don’t know how!

Back from the jump, he was still excited! He said, though, a funny thing to the instructor: “I go together, I go together!!” The instructor looked at him without knowing what he was meaning. But as Thiago doesn’t speak English, he meant “I want to go again”.

Later on, after another people jump, the instructor asked me and Fabricio if we would like to jump or not, and we had to decide at that moment. We looked each other and Fabricio said “YES”. From there I was completely scared. I couldn’t be the only one, who wouldn’t jump. I couldn’t give up again, once I had been there few months before with Mariana and I didn’t jump.

So did Fabricio! So did I! Fabricio almost jump before be allowed. But me, I took about 2 minutes to jump. I was just thinking about my death. If I were there without friends I’m sure I wouldn’t do it.

All three did it!! Great sensation! A big challenge was accomplished!

(…)

Back to town, nothing better than eat something. We had lunch at Subway and then went for the Gondola and Luge.

Few pictures were taken around the Mount and then we were ready for the Luge rides. We had 5 of them, enough to have fun. Usually, people go for it just as a ride. Instead, our rides were as a race! However, the objective was not to be the first one, but to try to break the others, bumping into them, crashing them.

At the end, there wasn’t a champion, but a lot of laughs.

Back down the Mount, we had a little walk around and went back to the Backpacker for a nap. Really tired, we slept till 10 pm.

At night, we went out for a while and we met 2 guys we had met at the Rafting, one guy who looks like Maurano (our friend in Brazil) and a Comic guy, bold and with a long beard.

Hungry, we all went to the best Burguer in New Zealand = FERGBURGUER.

17/11

As we had booked activities during the afternoon, we could sleep longer. After breakfast and just before going for the Triple Challenge, which was included, Jet Boat, Helicopter and Rafting, we had a walk around the city. Queenstown is known by the Adventures Sports and even though it is a really small city, it receives every single day, plenty of tourists, looking for new experiences.

During our walking, Fabricio and I attended a scenic and funny situation, illustrated by Thiago. Next to a little river, surrounded by trees, benchs, people having lunch, Thiago suddenly decided to catch one of the Ducks, which were around. However, the trying wasn’t as normally, but it was like a goal keeper does to catch a ball in a really difficult shot by the soccer player.

Fabricio and I couldn’t stop laughing. We couldn’t imagine that he was going to do something like that. The people around didn’t understand what was going on. They just looked surprised.

Unfortunately, we didn’t video this comic scene.

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Moving on, but still laughing, we went for the Triple Challenge. The first one was the Jet Boat. A fast boat which drives around rocks and does 360o turns along the river.

Secondly, a helicopter gave us a ride up the river where we were going to do Rafting. Although the helicopter ride, looked just a simple ride, the pilot did some free style which became it exciting and scared.

Following, the Rafting finished great the Challenges. Our guide was Brazilian, and had a funny and strong accent.

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Back to the BASE, we had a meal and bought some beers and vodka for the night.

This day seemed as Thiago’s day. And just not seemed, but it happened. After some drinks in the room, we went out. We were having some beers at the Atitude Bar, when suddenly Fabricio saw Thiago being kicked out by the security. However, another comic scene!! The security man was carrying him up side down!!! Fabricio started laughing and I was upset to have missed this fact.

Thiago affirmed that he wasn’t doing anything wrong, just talking to a girl. We thought that, maybe, her boyfriend could have called the security man for jealousy.

Anyway, we couldn’t do anything about, and Thiago couldn’t get in again. After a while, he came to another guy who was at the entrance and tried to get in. Without success and angry, he said:

"I fight you,
I broke you,
I slice you"

In English it doesn't sound clear, but the way how he said was enough to understand perfectly.

Another happening we don’t have any record.