Bungy time....!!! Queenstown

Thursday 14th May 2009

Before going on to Queenstown I make a stop in a place called Wanaka...this place has now surpassed Napier in what I reckon is one of the nicest towns. Lakes & snow capped mountains everywhere...its a definite must see!
As for Queenstown well its must be New Zealand's ultimate party town. Its got the feel of a European Ski resort and just like them there are no end of pubs. Along with all this its the place to do your Bungy, Skydive, Shotover Jet, River Surffing...the list goes on, they are adrenalin junkys over here. Two of these I really wanted to do, the Shotover Jet & the Nevis Bungy jump. Now I was all that bothered about doing a bungy until I met a few others who had done on and all they could say was it was the craziest thing they ever did. They said if you only ever do one then you have to do the Nevis jump...134meters high and 8.5 seconds of fall...it sounds terrifying. Anyway I convinced myself to do it and the night before it I could hardly sleep The thought of walking out on to the edge and just free falling was actually causing my feet to tingle. So the next morning I get up we take the 40minute bus journey out to the site. When we arrive the bus driver points out where we will be jumping from and to be honest it looks worse then I thought...the nerves were not good let me tell you that. Anyway I don't think I need to say a lot more about it other than watch the clip of me below. Keep an eye on my left hand...all I wanted to do is hold onto something as I walked out and as a result I nearly grabbed the bungy steward by his nuts! I never experienced anything so frightening in my life....

You got to do this, and if you do make sure it's the Nevis one or something that is as high as it...much much much more fun. I still get a buz just looking back at the video clip.
As for the Shotover Jet, well after doing the bungy this just felt low key...still fun though especially when they do the 360 spin!