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same_difference) wrote2015-04-22 08:30 pm
same_difference) wrote2015-04-22 08:30 pm
Honeymoon 15: Lakes and illusions
Today was another day of largely travelling; unlike the North Island where we tended to have a day of activity followed by a couple of hours drive to the next place on the South Island it's more like either a day off activity or a day off driving for 4-5 hours.
So we're now in Queenstown having had a drive down broken up by stopping to marvel at stunning scenes of mountains and lakes. So many beautiful vistas, certainly made for a pleasant journey. Yeah really struggling to find the words to describe that.
Other than admiring the scenery we stopped at Puzzling World which is a sort of illusion based attraction. One half is a set of illusion rooms: holograms, following faces, a sloping room, a set of optical illusion statues and a room that distorts size. It was really good. The other half is a large maze with four towers to find. The normal route should take 30-60mins, we did it in about 20 as Rachael is really good at mazes it seems. Though I did redeem my poor maze skills by at least getting out again at the end.
So we're now in Queenstown having had a drive down broken up by stopping to marvel at stunning scenes of mountains and lakes. So many beautiful vistas, certainly made for a pleasant journey. Yeah really struggling to find the words to describe that.
Other than admiring the scenery we stopped at Puzzling World which is a sort of illusion based attraction. One half is a set of illusion rooms: holograms, following faces, a sloping room, a set of optical illusion statues and a room that distorts size. It was really good. The other half is a large maze with four towers to find. The normal route should take 30-60mins, we did it in about 20 as Rachael is really good at mazes it seems. Though I did redeem my poor maze skills by at least getting out again at the end.