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Collection of 71 travel stories from Queenstown, New Zealand. Written by your friends on the road.

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Picture from story Let's Jump Off A Bridge (Without Me)

Let's Jump Off A Bridge (Without Me)
2005-02-08, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: mala

The sharp peaked Southern Alps gave way to rolling hills and massive lakes as we drove through Haast Pass on our way to Wanaka. It's amazing how each lake and river has it's own unique color, from the...

 
Traveler S0ck3t

A cracking day out...
2005-02-04, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: S0ck3t

(warning - I'm not drunk but I've been reading about making pornography for 8 hours solid today - long bus journey - so this is a bit weird. you've been warned!) I've been having a bit of an advent...

 
Picture from story We've got Cassidy in here, we got room keys!

We've got Cassidy in here, we got room keys!
2005-01-28, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: mattben

If ya wanna come to the hostel, we having an after party, checking out 6 in the morning!Evening dudes, and a very pleasant evening to y'all wherever u may be enjoying this piece of literary genius, ma...

 
Traveler cyfer13

On the road to paradise
2002-03-11, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cyfer13

Misadventures of Scott, Chad, and Moses: Volume III, Chapter 5 Hello everyone Believe it or not Chad has actually (or maybe I volunteered) agreed to let me write this email but I'm sure that...

 
Traveler cyfer13

Once upon a glacier...
2002-03-09, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cyfer13

Misadventures of Scott, Chad, and Moses: Volume III, Chapter 4 (i think ;) Heya. Well, we're in the adventure capital of the world. THat's what they say at least. But it is remniscent of Interlocke...

 
Traveler melanie

Aaarrgghhhhh!!!
2004-11-13, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: melanie

Hope you all answered the questions in Mel's update. I think there may have been some sort of computer error inserting all those question marks. Hope I have more luck! Most of you will probably be ...

 
Traveler melanie

Water and air
2004-11-13, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: melanie

Hello all! We’ve had a great few days ?On Wednesday we started with a cruise across Lake Manapouri, then a quick tour of a hydro electric power station. The immense amount of rain they get each year...

 
Picture from story One last road trip...

One last road trip...
2004-04-22, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: marisaausi

Today we woke up early and all went in different directions. We walked Sabrina to the bus station; she had decided that she wanted to go straight to Dunedin on the bus instead of driving. We dropped B...

 
Picture from story We got a car!!!

We got a car!!!
2004-04-20, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: MarisaAusi

We found it real easy to get up this morning since we hadnt drank the night before...as we got on the bus it was funny to watch the rest of the hungover group climb on!! I for sure would not be ok rid...

 
Traveler nmid

Up to Mar 21st 2004
2004-03-21, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: nmid

Its been a while since my last email but here is a summary of what weve been up to the last few months on the other side of the world..... We spent xmas and new year in Cairns and treated ourselves...

 
Picture from story Milford Sound trip

Milford Sound trip
2004-03-12, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: liznz

Hello again from Queenstown! Nice little place, a bit too touristy for me though. I'll be happy to move on. Did find a nice t-shirt though. We got back from Milford Sound this afternoon, what a...

 
Traveler liznz

Queenstown
2004-03-10, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: liznz

Greetings from Queenstown! We left Auckland this morning around 11:30 and arrived here about 2. The flight was interesting as the weather is terrible over the south island today. We had a lot of tu...

 
Traveler kelen

Visiting LOTR locations
2004-02-27, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: kelen

Friday, February 27 A day of feeling like Peter Jackson and the cast and crew of LOTR as we scouted for movie locations at Deer Park Heights, high over Queenstown. A look at our photos should r...

 
Traveler kelen

Adventures in Queenstown
2004-02-25, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: kelen

Wednesday, February 25 After a brief visit to beautiful Lake Wanaka (boosting our hitching karma along the way by picking someone up for the ride), complete with a stop at the Rippon Winery, we...

 
Picture from story It's raining again

It's raining again
2004-01-08, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: khart

'Everywhere you go people always bring the weather with them' This seems very true for me, as I have brought the rain from Christchurch. I am a bit fed up of people telling me "It was really nice ...

 
Picture from story The sun has finally come out!

The sun has finally come out!
2004-01-08, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: khart

I had a good time in christchurch, although it didn't stop raining for most of the time I was there. I did a lot of the inside touristy bits, but most of my pictures of outside, I feel are going to c...

 
Traveler sylvie

Scorbies expedition - part 6
2003-02-17, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: sylvie

I DID IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blue skies, slightly clouded, overlooking the tropical forests, white sandy beaches, turquoise water edges and snowy peacked mountains enjoying this...

 
Traveler cspeck

Back to Queenstown
2003-01-19, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cspeck

Cathy, Nghi and I had breakfast together in Te Anau and then we dropped Cathy off at her B&B where Cathy and I said bye. Before I left home, I knew I would meet people, but I did not think about sayi...

 
Picture from story Bungy!

Bungy!
2003-01-17, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cspeck

My jump was scheduled for 10:15. So, you can probably imagine that the two hours from waking up to doing the jump were torture -- especially when we drove up to the bridge! Cathy and Nghi came with ...

 
Traveler cspeck

Wanaka and first night in Queenstown
2003-01-16, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: cspeck

Our drive to Queenstown was great. We stopped along the way and say some beautiful waterfalls and spent the afternoon by the lake in Wanaka. Wanaka is a smaller, quieter version of Queenstown. It i...

 
Picture from story Felting Mad Hatters

Felting Mad Hatters
2002-09-16, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: sbirch

Back in Queentown for a night we stayed at the YHA this time overlooking the lake and mountains. Yes I know… every city sounds the same… a spectacular view of snow-covered mountains and beautiful lake...

 
Picture from story Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party
2002-09-11, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: sbirch

Taxi to Lodge The drive from Wanaka to Queenstown was fast and we were there before we knew it. We picked a remote place to stay a short walk from town called the Pinewood Lodge. Since we were now tr...

 
Picture from story White Water Rafting

White Water Rafting
2001-03-13, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: andreas

Today Patrik, Marit and I went rafting. It was great fun. I'll write more later...

 
Picture from story Arriving in Queenstown

Arriving in Queenstown
2001-03-11, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: andreas

Arrived in Queenstown last night and togheter with Patrik and Marit, from Stockholm I tried to find a room and eventually got one at Black Sheep Backpackers. The evening of the 11:th Me, Marit and Pat...

 
Picture from story Crossing Cook Strait

Crossing Cook Strait
2001-03-09, Queenstown, New Zealand. By: andreas

Arrived at 19.30 in Wellington, checked in at a hotel and took a cab to the nearest Aquatic Center. Went early to bed. Almost missed the ferry to Picton as I had to march fully packed through Wellingt...

 

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