Queenstown

Last night we went to a show and dinner put on by the Maori people of New Zealand. They showed us a lot of their tribal traditions in a Maori village. They put on a show of tribal dances and songs with the traditional drums and instruments of the South Pacific Islands. They then put on a Hangi which is similar to a Hewiian Luau. The trip back to town was quite fun. We were told that since they entertained us we now had to entertain them. People were called by their nationality to the front of the bus and they had to sing a song from their home country. We had 10 nationalities from 4 continents on board and we could sing along with most of the songs. When we reached town our driver, in complete disregard to all trafic laws went around and around and around again, a roundabout, while the whole bus sang , "She will be comming around the mountain when she comes." What a fun way to have international harmony. Today we flew to Queenstown on the South Island. We passed by the Southern Alps and could see Mt. Cook. the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere. We took a cable car up to the top of Bob's Peak for a great view of the whole Queenstown area. For Some reason I can't upload any pictures, it must be something to do with the connetion here.