The many views of Queenstown

Thought we should provide a sampling (however small) of the views of Queenstown while we were there. Most pics were taken in the afternoon or evening after we had played outside all day and were enjoying some vino and the forgotten joys of chairs :)

Queenstown feels like Jackson Hole (for those of you who've been there) or probably any of the cool US mountain towns. Its pretty laid back, pretty much alot of folks coming to enjoy the outdoors and nightlife and do some expensive shopping (Lana restrained herself fairly well).

Our house was close enough to walk into town, so we enjoyed the bars several times. The most fun night probably was a DJ/reggae night at a local bar. The rastafarians (sp) turned out strong and the main event was a 50 ish hippie with dreads down to his feet (no kidding) who rapped and sang for a little more than an hour - pretty high energy set for a slightly older gentleman.

If NZ has a music genre to define it, it has to be reggae. BTW - the best by far name of a reggae band we've heard so far is "Katchafire" - we'll see them soon and report on the tunes.

Of course, Queenstown is only the base for probably to best scenery and outdoors fun in the whole of NZ, so we'll get everyone some blogs of the adventures we had while down there. Suffice it to say that you could spend an entire summer in Queenstown and still not be satisfied, but it sure would be fun to try :)

More to follow . . .