NZ Day 4 & 5 - Franz Josef to Queenstown

After Franz Josef, we headed to Queenstown which is very far south. It was definitely a long day on the bus.

Mt. Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand looked pretty awesome on our mid-morning rest stop.

Lake Matheson, known for it beautiful reflections of the mountains, Mt. Cook and Mt. Tasman

literally what I get to see out of my window. I could live with this :)

leaving the Southwestlands and entering the Otago Region...

part of the huge Lake Hawea... probably the prettiest thing I saw in NZ

all the pictures above were still of Lake Hawea...

now onto Wanaka (which is right next to Lake Hawea)

made a stop here to pick up more people but didn't stay long

Lake Wanaka

 We arrived in Queenstown around 6pm so it was already dark...but we found an awesome place to eat

my awesome salmon steak

me with a kiwi!

view from my hostel room's window

walking along the water in Queenstown

my breakfast... are you jealous? It was delicious!!!

views of the water and mountains from the Queenstown Gardens

The Remarkables, 

named because they are one of two mountain ranges that run directly north to south

St. Peter's Anglican Church

can't forget about NZ rugby :P

look what I found! a restaurant that made me miss home :P

I was on my way to ride the Skyview, where you get to see all of Queenstown but I saw the Kiwi Park and wanted to see a REAL KIWI!!!

sadly, you cannot take pictures of the kiwis because they are nocturnal and scare easily :(

Keas are another bird from NZ. They are very smart and pretty mischievous...

Then I went to a Conversation Show because I was kind of right nearby whenever they started

omg! That is how big the kiwi egg is! It takes up the whole body

Queenstown was by far the best city I went to in NZ. I wish I had spent more time there.