As we were leaving Mt. Aspiring we were trying to find the trailhead to hike for about 3-4 hours but never found it. Instead of stopping to turn back we decided to just continue to see what we could see. Turns it out it was a wonderful day for sightseeing and we saw so many great views of rivers and mountains. I know that the biggest lake we saw was Lake Hawea but I don't know which one of the pictures is which! We pulled over and had lunch in the middle of nowhere and it was sunny sunny sunny so we got to lay out of wet tent and catch up on some vitamin D.
We got to Queenstown at a decent time and checked into our hostel "Southern Laughter" where we had our own little suite that had a rockin view of the city and the mountains! We went into town and did a little shopping and hanging by the harbour. They also had a really awesome bead shop that we all spent like an hour in! I immediately loved Queenstown when we arrived and consider it one of my favorite city's in New Zealand. It was so lively and fun with a mountain/ski town vibe, yet at the same time had a sort of soulful feel where you could just sit on your porch and watch the sun touch the mountains with the morning light. It was so nice drinkin tea on the porch with my comforter wrapped around me while everyone else was still sleeping. More to come on Queen's town adventures for day 4!
Driving through Mt. Aspiring ParkPictures on the way to Queenstown:
Where we stopped for lunch
Random rest stop, pretty sweet mirror image
Our hostel had really cool writings everywhere.
Our wonderful little home for two days!
View of Queenstown! Love this place!
Really awesome bead shop! Jilly..get excited I made you the best present ever=)
Did a little shoppin
Queenstown harbor
Beautiful Queenstown at night
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