On Monday after school I played pool with Victor, Andrea and Romana. Despite the fact that Romana had played pool the first time here in New Zealand, she played very well with Andrea and we needed a third match to find out who played better.
It was one of the last days for Andrea in Queenstown and so we walked down to the beach and enjoyed viewing the beautiful panorama.
The next days were quiet normal and nothing special happened. On Thursday we went on with our study group. This time we studied at the airport after we found the juicy desk (local car rental) to book a car. The airport was the right place to study. It was calm, enough space on the tables and in a break we could watch the planes starting and landing.
Friday was finally good enough to go paragliding again. On the second flight there was a quiet strong wind, so I could soaring in front of the take off place for a few minutes- Awesome!
On Saturday I rent a bike and did a biking trip with Victor and Romana to Moke Lake. Victor had his own bike, which he bought this week, and Romana used the one of her host mum. Unfortunately it wasn’t very suitable for biking and had a baby seat on the back! xD
The first part of our trip was on the board of the lake and it went up and down. Then came a first steep part of the total 350m altitude difference. After that part the street changed to a gravel road and went slightly up to the highest passage of our trip so far. Actually we were now higher than the lake and we could easily drive down to the lake. The view there was magnificent and it was almost quiet around us.
After the lunch we decided to take an other way back, though that Romana had to go back to Arthurs Point, which is higher located than Queenstown. Firstly the way was comfortable and went slightly up and down, on the same gravel road. Then it started to go up and down more steeper and the road changed to a path with smaller and bigger rocks on it. Most of the path were so narrow, that you touched the ground with the pedals, when you wanted to bike! So we walked and on some places you had to carry your bike, because there was no other option.
Despite of that it was a great journey and we finally came to Arthurs Point.
Just in time I arrived at the bike store, to give my bike back at half past five. I went home by bus and after dinner I fell asleep quickly.
On Sunday I woke up at half past six, but not of the fact that I couldn’t sleep, no, it was because my alarm clock rang!
The reason of this early Sunday morning was that I met Victor at quarter to eight in Town. Together with his home stay mates (Vinzenzo and Daniela) and some girls from school (Sabrina and Carina) we wanted to climb Ben Lomond (1500m difference). After we bought something to eat and drink in the local bakery (really good) we started our walk at the gondola station. It took us over an hour to go up to the upper station, but because the gondola started to run after nine o’clock, we had to wait for Sabrina and Carina. They both have the annual pass for the gondola (like me) and didn’t want to walk up when they could take the gondola for free.
We walked about 3 hours from the Gondola Station to the summit of Ben Lomond. Normally we walked together, but for the last part we split up in pairs, so that everyone could walk in his own speed. I and Victor had the aim to stay on the top at midday. We increased our speed and reached the top at three to twelve-yeah! I was very hungry and the first thing I did was to eat a banana- I’ve never eaten a so tasty banana before! ;-)
On top we had a full 360 degree panorama. We could see Queenstown and most of Wakatipu Lake. Furthermore we saw where we biked yesterday, because the track went around Ben Lomond. It was also a bit windy up there and I was glad to have a jacket with me.
The way down wasn’t a big deal, but I would remember it the next few days, specially my thighs. In total we needed eight hours to stand again in Queenstown, inclusive all the little and bigger breaks. This evening I was even more tired and I went to bed at 9 o’clock.
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