Oct. 31st - Halloween in Kingston
We've stopped our South Island odyssey for a couple of days in Kingston for golf and laundry and late mornings. Kingston is 50 km around the lake from Queenstown. We spent 30 minutes taking a quick look at Queenstown which was too much of a bustling tourist mecca for us. Our five best sensory experiences since leaving Mt. Cook on Oct. 29th
Sound: The thunderous sound of water rushing through Maungawera River Gorge outside Wanaka before we sat on the beach knitting, sketching, and watching snow capped Mount Aspiring.
Feel: Frustration and elation as we struggled to find our way through the maze at PuzzleWorld in Wanaka.
Sight: Bungy jumpers off Kawarau Bridge where A.J. Hackett first launched the bungy jumping craze.
Taste:A tough choice between Indian curry at Bombay Palace in Wanaka (Tom’s birthday celebratory meal), mixed berry ice cream at fruit and veg stand along road from Wanaka to Queenstown, fish n chips in Kingston, and capsicum & kumara soup at the Kingston Flyer Café.
Smell: The smell of the coal fire burner on the Kingston Flyer (the steam train running from the idyllic village of Kingston) as we played golf on the hill above the tracks.
