Shotover River

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Originally uploaded by aullman.

Todays adventures involved this river in Queenstown. Went on a combo adventure which was made up of a Jet Boat ride, then a helicopter ride to the top of the river and then a white water rapids ride back down to the bottom.


All of the above were pretty amazing! The jet boat ride involved lots of spinning around and screaming past those sharp rocks at 80 km/h barely missing. Was great fun and got pretty wet.


That was followed by a helicopter ride which I was a bit disapointed in because apparently there are two pilots, one called "crazy Jim" who is a vietnam vet who still thinks he's there sometimes. Unfortunately we got "boring Keith" who talked in a monotone voice and didn't leave me feeling sick.


White water rafting was pretty fun, our guide was this annoying NZ sheep farmer girl who we could barely understand and who was constantly freaking out about falling in the water (bit ironic). Her fear rubbed off a bit and made it a bit more thrilling, but the only time anyone fell out was when we jumped out voluntarily at the "swimable rapids".

All in all was a great day! Have a few happy snaps that I took with a waterproof camera although I'm anticipating that most of them will be of my finger. I'll put them up later...