Thursday, June 4, 2009

Easter break, redux

To make up for the lack of excitement in my life, I'm posting a few more photos from my Easter break hike and bungee jumping. I've been meaning to post these for some time - they're from Lydia's camera, which I didn't get my hands on until after posting the original series - but work/laziness has interfered. Anyhow, enjoy!


Chipper at the start of the trail (note the clean hair/clothes)!





This was the first of our photos with the camera timer. I'm not sure whose idea it was to jump, but it was suggested for every posed photo (on the side of mountains) for the rest of the trip.


Relaxing before dinner/dark in the kitchen of our first cabin.




"No, Peter, we CAN'T jump - we'll hit our heads!"


The possibly ill-advised snowy mountain side trip.




"No, Peter, we CAN'T jump - we'll fall off the mountain!"




We arrived back in Queenstown from the trek & Milford Sound on Good Friday. Under law, while alcohol can be served in restaurants, it can only be served with food - the language is something like, "Customers must be present for the purpose of eating." Apparently, New Zealand takes these things seriously - police make regular searches of the bars, and we had to hold onto our receipt that showed what we had ordered to eat. Which they looked at. And then questioned us about. ("So how were the nachos?" "Actually, we had pasta.") Lydia thought the whole thing was so funny that she had me pose for a picture to get an illicit photo of the police in the background.

And a few more bungee pictures, just for fun ... I think, in this one, I'm wondering how safe this harness thing actually is.

"Nope, I'm not nervous at all!"


The high-tech towel and nylon strap - I'm chattering away, probably being a smart ass. I would imagine these guys get a LOT of nervous talking in their line of work.

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