The drive from Queenstown to Cook Village was remarkably boring. There was an awful lot of brown! So it's a good job that it was preceded by the Shotover JetBoat ride! :-)
They seat 15, go at 50mph in as little as 10cm of water, and don't have brakes. They like to throw them into 360 degree spins (think aquatic handbrake turn). The whole ride is essentially a 1/2 hour powerslide. Lots of fun. Just to prove how much fun it was, William and Kate did it last year!
As we approached Cook, the scenery just got more and more and more spectacular, with blue glacial lakes (which we will post a photo of, risking setting Chris off again), mountains, and an enormous glacier that we can see from the hostel lounge window.
I'm claiming here too. It's got my name on it and has glaciers. It's obviously named after me.
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