NZ Trip - Day 13 - Queenstown

Today was supposed to be the peak of adrenaline rush with skydiving and paragliding on the agenda. However the rainy weather continued in Queenstown,  which meant that we were bracing for more bad news. As expected just as we finished breakfast, we got the message that sky diving is cancelled. With rains forecast to return in the afternoon, we decided to reschedule paragliding to the morning. 

We took a short walk to the gondola to go up to the top of the hill around 1000 ft above to kick off the paragliding. Being a first experience for all of us, it was a bit of a nervous thrill. After the preps and checks, it was time to jump off a cliff! The paragliding was a lot more relaxed and smooth than we had anticipated. It was truly as the name suggests - just gliding through the wind. The paragliders did make it a bit more fun by inducing more sharp turns, but otherwise it was just a nautical view of the city and surround mountains as we glided to the ground.

We again made it to the hill top for our luge rides that the kids wanted to do. The crowd was a lot more than we had expected (maybe because today being Sunday before Christmas) which meant that we spent about 4 hours on the 5 luge rides. But it was fun for the kids and we were racing hard against each other by the end of it.

The kiwi park was nearby but the kids were too tired and hungry, so after lunch, we headed back to the hotel to relax and get some sleep. The weather was cool as usual, and the temperature drops quickly after sunset, which meant we were huddled in our rooms for most of the evening, venturing out only to buy dinner. The Indian dinner continued to disappoint in terms of quality and overwhelm in terms of quantity,  so not a great combination!

Today was the first day that felt a bit underwhelming,  mainly because of the cancelled sky dive.