Day 10

Today we started off early with a Zipline extravaganza. The owner of Ziptrek Ecotours talked to us about his business practices and the legal things tourism companies in New Zealand encounter. Then it was off to the Ziplines. They're set up high in the Douglas fir forests on the side of one of the mountains. We had to take a gondola up to get there.

Gondola to the top.

The Zipline was fun. We went over four which wasn't as much as I would have liked. The starting four lines weren't that steep, but they let us flip over which was neat. The 6th line was apparently the steepest line in the world. That would have been awesome, but alas. Then it was back down the mountain for lunch and school work. We had some class time, and a quiz and then we walked over to the Queenstown Resort College. We got a tour of the college and a very interesting talk about risk management. After that it was a very lovely dinner made by the students of the college. They had sweet potato and beets, chocolate, and salad, and some of the best steak I've ever had. It was actually really good. Then some more class. I went out to World Bar, the hipster bar, with some people. They wanted to go to the casino, which I am not allowed in, since I'm 19, so I walked back and went to bed.